Github user StephanEwen commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4827#discussion_r147165565
--- Diff: flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml ---
@@ -117,6 +124,41 @@ under the License.
<inherited>true</inherited>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
+
+ <plugin>
+ <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+ <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+ <executions>
+ <execution>
+ <id>shade-flink</id>
+ <phase>package</phase>
+ <goals>
+ <goal>shade</goal>
+ </goals>
+ <configuration>
+ <artifactSet>
+ <includes
combine.children="append">
+
<include>io.netty:netty</include>
+ </includes>
+ </artifactSet>
+ <relocations
combine.children="append">
+ <relocation>
+
<pattern>org.jboss.netty</pattern>
+
<shadedPattern>org.apache.flink.shaded.testutils.org.jboss.netty</shadedPattern>
--- End diff --
Good question, maybe @pnowojski can answer that... My guess is he was more
familiar with the Netty 3 API (org.jboss.netty) and our shaded netty is Netty 4
(io.netty).---
