Openshift dependencies are downloaded when using the libraries

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Bug Report

What did you do?

I've created a spring-boot application and I've added the following dependencies to my project:

	<dependency>
			<groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
			<artifactId>operator-framework-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
			<version>3.0.0</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
			<artifactId>crd-generator-apt</artifactId>
			<version>5.12.2</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
           <dependency>
			<groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
			<artifactId>operator-framework-spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
			<version>3.0.0</version>
		</dependency>

What did you expect to see?

I've expected only Kubernetes libraries to be downloaded, nothing specific to any Kubernetes distribution

What did you see instead? Under which circumstances?

All these dependencies get downloaded:

Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model/5.12.2/openshift-model-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model/5.12.2/openshift-model-5.12.2.pom (4.4 kB at 32 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-clusterautoscaling/5.12.2/openshift-model-clusterautoscaling-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-clusterautoscaling/5.12.2/openshift-model-clusterautoscaling-5.12.2.pom (3.3 kB at 26 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-operator/5.12.2/openshift-model-operator-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-operator/5.12.2/openshift-model-operator-5.12.2.pom (3.2 kB at 22 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-operatorhub/5.12.2/openshift-model-operatorhub-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-operatorhub/5.12.2/openshift-model-operatorhub-5.12.2.pom (3.9 kB at 21 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-machine/5.12.2/openshift-model-machine-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-machine/5.12.2/openshift-model-machine-5.12.2.pom (3.1 kB at 22 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-whereabouts/5.12.2/openshift-model-whereabouts-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-whereabouts/5.12.2/openshift-model-whereabouts-5.12.2.pom (3.2 kB at 23 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-monitoring/5.12.2/openshift-model-monitoring-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-monitoring/5.12.2/openshift-model-monitoring-5.12.2.pom (3.8 kB at 8.6 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-storageversionmigrator/5.12.2/openshift-model-storageversionmigrator-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-storageversionmigrator/5.12.2/openshift-model-storageversionmigrator-5.12.2.pom (3.3 kB at 23 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-tuned/5.12.2/openshift-model-tuned-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-tuned/5.12.2/openshift-model-tuned-5.12.2.pom (3.2 kB at 23 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-console/5.12.2/openshift-model-console-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-console/5.12.2/openshift-model-console-5.12.2.pom (3.2 kB at 23 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-machineconfig/5.12.2/openshift-model-machineconfig-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-machineconfig/5.12.2/openshift-model-machineconfig-5.12.2.pom (3.2 kB at 22 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-miscellaneous/5.12.2/openshift-model-miscellaneous-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-miscellaneous/5.12.2/openshift-model-miscellaneous-5.12.2.pom (3.4 kB at 25 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-hive/5.12.2/openshift-model-hive-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-hive/5.12.2/openshift-model-hive-5.12.2.pom (3.4 kB at 25 kB/s)
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-installer/5.12.2/openshift-model-installer-5.12.2.pom
Downloaded from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/fabric8/openshift-model-installer/5.12.2/openshift-model-installer-5.12.2.pom (3.2 kB at 25 kB/s)

Environment

Kubernetes cluster type:

$ Mention java-operator-sdk version from pom.xml file

$ java -version

$ kubectl version

Possible Solution

Create separate dependencies for adding Openshift models to the project, if the implementation requires them.

Additional context

[csviri]

@metacosm I had similar question regarding the admission controllers, I think the basic indeed should be just the pure k8s client. I remember discussing this, that the benefit is that the openshift client is basically a superset of the kubenretes client, but still not needed for users don't use openshift. It is a minor overhead, but still would be nicer to just have kubenretes client by default IMO.

[metacosm]

I don't recall why this was done, to be honest… and I agree that things should be distribution-agnostic.