> there are many reasons to at least specify a minimum version

Yes, but I think your proposal would encourage people to pin to the latest version as a minimum, which would be unfortunate.

I like the maxim:

“don’t pin a version unless you have a good reason, and you’ve thought about what version to pin to.”

Once you’ve done that — the formatting of the version string is a light lift.

-CHB

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