> > The key phrase is "which would be stupid" which you as a consumer have zero > control over. People do stupid things all the time. >
If people use a package that is called "internal" or something - there is nothing anyone can do. And really beyond the point. > > To be more explicit. I am maintaining org.vafer.jdependency which uses > > org.objectweb.asm. > > If you look at the final jar you find > > > > org/vafer/jdeb/shaded/objectweb/asm/*.class > > > > The shaded classes are relocated and become part of the context of the > > library that is shading. > > A shading hell is just not possible as long as there are no classpath > > problems on the library itself. > > > > And this contributes to the problem: This library has now made it > impossible to pick up a fix in ASM or just plain support for a new Java > version. > It does not - at all ...and is a completely different topic.
