docs: clarify gzip decompression behavior when using stream=True #7181
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When using stream=True, Requests does not automatically decompress gzip-encoded
responses when accessing Response.raw. This behavior is intentional but not
clearly documented and has caused repeated confusion.
This PR adds a note in the advanced documentation explaining the behavior and
shows how to enable decompression manually:
This documents the intended behavior discussed in #2155 and related issues.