[New-bugs-announce] [issue27451] gzip.py: Please save more of the gzip header for later examination

[Josh Triplett]

New submission from Josh Triplett:

GzipFile currently reads and discards various fields from the gzip header, such as the original filename and timestamp.  Please consider reading all the fields of the gzip header into fields of the GzipFile instance, so that users of GzipFile can access these fields.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 269808
nosy: joshtriplett
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: gzip.py: Please save more of the gzip header for later examination
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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