> Surely that's automated? Doesn't matter. You'd rather update X separate packages (of unknown size & potentially different maintainers or update policies) to

> Surely that's automated? Doesn't matter. You'd rather update X separate packages (of unknown size & potentially different maintainers or update policies) to fix 1 bug in a library they all happen to use? Shared libraries are a good thing, period. Implemented poorly? Fix that instead, rather than include everything & the kitchen sink in every single app.