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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