Patch #831747: Add skip_accept_encoding parameter to putrequest.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 191ef48..c19d417 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@
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+- httplib.HTTP.putrequest now offers to omit the implicit Accept-Encoding.
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 - Patch #841977: modulefinder didn't find extension modules in packages
 
 - imaplib.IMAP4.thread was added.