[palata]

> Yep, the dev(s) of libA should learn good practice. But they didn't and app1 and app2 still have the problem.

Sure :-). I just find it sad that app1 and app2 then use the bad libA. Of course that is more productive, but I believe this is exactly the kind of philosophy that makes the software industry produce worse software every year :(.

[zaphar]

I used to think the same. But after nearly 30 years of doing this. I no longer think that people will meet the standard you propose. You can either work around it or you can abandon mainstream software entirely and make everything you use bespoke. There are basically no other choices.

[palata]

Yeah I try really hard to not use "bad" dependencies. When I really can't, well... I can't.

But still I like to make it clear that the software industry goes in that direction because of quality issues, and not because the modern ways are superior (on the contrary, quite often) :-).