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+- [feaLib] Do not fail on duplicate multiple substitutions, only warn (#1811).
+- [subset] Optimize SinglePos subtables to Format 1 if all ValueRecords are the same
+  (#1802).
+
 4.2.4 (released 2020-01-09)
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