Files written with gzip module write a value of 255 (unknown) at the 10th position in the header which defined what OS was used when gzip file was written. 
Files written with gzip linux command correctly set that field to the value of 3 (Unix).
This ehancement does that.

The OS field is used in determining end-of-line convention for text files. But since we do not set the FTEXT flag, all files are binary. RFC 1952

Why do you need to set this field?

I do not need it for personaly, but since RFC exists and since linux
command line equivalent writes OS information, why should python gzip
implementation not include that.
The same goes for the FCOMMENT field for wich I also have a patch ready and
I they're both nice enhancements.

On Mon, 23 Dec 2019 at 09:04, Serhiy Storchaka <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:

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> Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython@gmail.com> added the comment:
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> The OS field is used in determining end-of-line convention for text files.
> But since we do not set the FTEXT flag, all files are binary. RFC 1952
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> Why do you need to set this field?
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