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 Library
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+- Issue #6003: add an argument to ``zipfile.Zipfile.writestr`` to
+  specify the compression type.
+
 - Issue #4772: Raise a ValueError when an unknown Bluetooth protocol is
   specified, rather than fall through to AF_PACKET (in the `socket` module).
   Also, raise ValueError rather than TypeError when an unknown TIPC address