[FLINK-16173] Reduce noise for used undeclared dependencies

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.11.0
• Component/s: Build System
• Assignee: Chesnay Schepler
• Reporter: Chesnay Schepler
• Created: 19/Feb/20 12:37
• Updated: 05/Mar/20 15:10
• Resolved: 05/Mar/20 15:10

Description

When analyzing dependency usages there are a bunch of noisy entries, particularly around transitive Flink dependencies, hamcrest and powermock, that would create more work than benefit.
These should be allowed to be used without having an explicit dependency.