Issue #2058: Remove the buf attribute and add __slots__ to the
TarInfo class in order to reduce tarfile's memory usage.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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Library
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+- Issue #2058: Remove the buf attribute and add __slots__ to the TarInfo
+ class in order to reduce tarfile's memory usage.
+
- Bug #2606: Avoid calling .sort() on a dict_keys object.
- The bundled libffi copy is now in sync with the recently released