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gh-91349: Adjust default compression level to 6 (down from 9) in gzip and tarfile #131470

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@morotti morotti commented Mar 19, 2025

It is the default level used by most compression tools and a better tradeoff between speed and performance.

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…n gzip and tarfile

It is the default level used by most compression tools and a
better tradeoff between speed and performance.
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