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 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+
+* Noteworthy changes in release 1.6 (2013-06-09) [stable]
+
+** New features
+
+  gzip now accepts the --keep (-k) option, for consistency with tools
+  like xz, lzip and bzip2.  With this option, gzip no longer removes
+  named input files when compressing or decompressing.
+
 ** Bug fixes
 
   gzip -d no longer malfunctions with certain invalid data in 'pack' format.