zlib: deprecate instantiating classes without new

PR-URL: #54708
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: LiviaMedeiros <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Marco Ippolito <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

Author: anonrig

doc/api/deprecations.md

@@ -3543,6 +3543,21 @@ switch to its new provider model. The `clientCertEngine` option for
 the `privateKeyEngine` and `privateKeyIdentifier` for [`tls.createSecureContext()`][];
 and [`crypto.setEngine()`][] all depend on this functionality from OpenSSL.
 
+### DEP0184: Instantiating `node:zlib` classes without `new`
+
+<!-- YAML
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/54708
+    description: Documentation-only deprecation.
+-->
+
+Type: Documentation-only
+
+Instantiating classes without the `new` qualifier exported by the `node:zlib` module is deprecated.
+It is recommended to use the `new` qualifier instead. This applies to all Zlib classes, such as `Deflate`,
+`DeflateRaw`, `Gunzip`, `Inflate`, `InflateRaw`, `Unzip`, and `Zlib`.
+
 [NIST SP 800-38D]: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-38d.pdf
 [RFC 6066]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6066#section-3
 [RFC 8247 Section 2.4]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8247#section-2.4