Another related thing we've thought about in the past is shrinkwrap which
prevents your dependencies from declaring their dependencies with
loose/range versions that break them which break you.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Hubert Figuière <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 03/11/15 05:09 AM, Michael Henretty wrote:
> > This is my personal favorite. Let's just use exact targets for
> everything.
> > The only reason I can think of not to is to automagically get the
> bugfixes
> > that generally come with minor version releases. But I think it's ok to
> > only update explicitly when we need a new feature or bugfix.
>
> I would second this.
>
> Software is full of side effects, and QA / testing levels are very
> uneven amongst packages so any upgrade can cause unwanted trouble. Fact,
> not criticisism.
>
> By pining exact version we ensure a consistent, across the board
> experience. Mostly. It sure make our life easier.
>
> Hub
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