RFR: 4890732: GZIPOutputStream doesn't support, in fact thwarts, use of optional GZIP fields

[Lin Zang]

On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:50:05 GMT, Lin Zang <lzang at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> 4890732: GZIPOutputStream doesn't support, in fact thwarts, use of optional GZIP fields
>
> Dear All, 
> This PR introduce new constructor of GZIPOutputStream to support adding extra field info in gzip file header, as decribed in RFC 1952 gzip spec (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952).
> BTW, does a CSR required for this PR?  
> 
> Thanks!
> Lin

The CSR has been submitted at https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8263793

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3072