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ZipArchive documentation still mentions 2GB limit in Update mode #12167

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Many of the ZipArchive related pages mention the 2GB limit when Mode is set to Update.
I believe this has been resolved in .NET 10 and should be removed from all documentation.

As shown in the release notes below:

the way entries are written to a ZipArchive when in Update mode has been optimized. Previously, all ZipArchiveEntry instances were loaded into memory and rewritten,

.NET 10 Release Notes - Zip Performance

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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.compression.zipfileextensions.createentryfromfile?view=net-10.0#system-io-compression-zipfileextensions-createentryfromfile(system-io-compression-ziparchive-system-string-system-string-system-io-compression-compressionlevel)

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https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs/blob/main/xml/System.IO.Compression/ZipFileExtensions.xml

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492a107d-eaa4-fcf8-3475-11feb18f68ca

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