In fulfilling SHRINKRES-106 I've added an interface "TransitiveExclusionPolicy" which is now a part of a MavenResolutionStrategy. Does this look like a clean, straightforward approach to solving the issue?
https://github.com/shrinkwrap/resolver/commit/6e125ced05aa93aff55dc03d353b07a3774c535c
Comments welcome. This is released in 2.0.0-alpha-7.
S,
ALR