Alexander Kriegisch <alexan...@kriegisch.name> wrote:

> A personal note: I am trying to keep my hands off version ranges. I am
> not sure the assumed flexibility is worth the trouble of using it and
> running into the same issues as you. It also potentially creates a huge
> matrix of possible dependency version combinations which might or might
> not play nice with each other. How can you ensure to run your tests on
> all of them? Sometimes, there is a bug which affects you in 2.5.3, but
> not in 2.5.2, and quickly fixed in 2.5.4. Maybe you did or did not
> notice that it even exists. Then suddenly, someone uses the buggy
> version, and the software does not work despite green tests.

I would indeed also recommend to not use version ranges, and using a tool like 
Dependabot or Renovate to keep your dependencies up-to-date.

Nils.
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