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Constraints
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-The grpc package should only depend on standard Go packages and a short list of exceptions. If your contribution introduce a new dependency which is NOT in the [list](http://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc?imports), you need a discussion with gRPC-Go authors and consultants.
+The grpc package should only depend on standard Go packages and a small number of exceptions. If your contribution introduce a new dependency which is NOT in the [list](http://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc?imports), you need a discussion with gRPC-Go authors and consultants.
Documentation
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