From 2ec75e07cfe6d6da60f1f592eecfeea87d601a4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 10:21:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Recipe system: default to allowing gzip based transfers

---
 src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
index 47f059fe9c..c2902b1ac2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
@@ -414,9 +414,8 @@ class BasicNewsRecipe(Recipe):
     #: with the URL scheme of your particular website.
     resolve_internal_links = False
 
-    #: Set to True if you want to use gziped transfers. Note that some old servers flake out with this
-    #: so it is off by default.
-    handle_gzip = False
+    #: Set to False if you dont want to use gziped transfers. Note that some old servers flake out with gzip
+    handle_gzip = True
 
     # See the built-in recipes for examples of these settings.