Best practices for creating libraries that use .NET namespaces

Question

Is it bad practice to write a library that defines an interface dependent on another library?

I know tight coupling is bad, but does this still apply when using .NET cla

Answer 1

If it's a standard .NET library, I wouldn't worry about it. No reason to map from one class to another ... what if System.Color changed in the next .NET release? You'd have to change your mapping code too, and possibly have to detect the version and map accordingly. That's a real pain.