minor update

build.sbt

@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ lazy val hive2Tez = (project in file("connectors/hive2-tez"))
  * -- .m2/repository/io/delta/delta-standalone_2.12/0.2.1-SNAPSHOT/delta-standalone_2.12-0.2.1-SNAPSHOT-javadoc.jar
  */
 lazy val standaloneCosmetic = project
+  .dependsOn(storage) // this doesn't impact the output artifact (jar), only the pom.xml dependencies
   .settings(
     name := "delta-standalone",
     commonSettings,
@@ -749,7 +750,8 @@ lazy val standalone = (project in file("connectors/standalone"))
     assembly / logLevel := Level.Info,
     assembly / test := {},
     assembly / assemblyJarName := s"${name.value}-shaded_${scalaBinaryVersion.value}-${version.value}.jar",
-    // we exclude jars first, and then we shade what is remaining
+    // We exclude jars first, and then we shade what is remaining. Note: the input here is only
+    // `libraryDependencies` jars, not `.dependsOn(_)` jars.
     assembly / assemblyExcludedJars := {
       val cp = (assembly / fullClasspath).value
       val allowedPrefixes = Set("META_INF", "io", "json4s", "jackson", "paranamer",
@@ -777,8 +779,8 @@ lazy val standalone = (project in file("connectors/standalone"))
       // Discard the jackson service configs that we don't need. These files are not shaded so
       // adding them may conflict with other jackson version used by the user.
       case PathList("META-INF", "services", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.discard
-      // This project `.dependsOn` delta-storage. Manually discard io.delta.storage classes
-      // since it is a provided dependency.
+      // This project `.dependsOn` delta-storage, and its classes will be included by default
+      // in this assembly jar.Manually discard them since it is already a compile-time dependency.
       case PathList("io", "delta", "storage", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.discard
       case x =>
         val oldStrategy = (assembly / assemblyMergeStrategy).value
@@ -874,7 +876,6 @@ def flinkScalaVersion(scalaBinaryVersion: String): String = {
 }
 
 lazy val flink = (project in file("connectors/flink"))
-  .dependsOn(storage % "provided")
   .dependsOn(standaloneCosmetic % "provided")
   .settings (
     name := "delta-flink",