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Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages



On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 01:00:39AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> +	  <footnote>
> +	    Having multiple copies of the same code in Debian is
> +	    inefficient, often creates either static linking or shared
> +	    library conflicts, and, most importantly, increases the
> +	    difficulty of handling security vulnerabilities in the shared
> +	    code.

Perhaps "common code" or "duplicated code" instead of "shared code", to
avoid ambiguity wrt shared libraries?

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