Use parallel compression and decompression for gzip archives and caches
What does this MR do?
Enables parallel compression and decompression of gzip archives and caches.
Why was this MR needed?
Archive and cache creation and extraction is a known bottleneck with gitlab-ci.
Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?
Unlikely?
Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?
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Documentation created/updated -
Added tests for this feature/bug - meant to be a drop-in replacement; existing tests should suffice
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In case of conflicts with master- branch was rebased