[tcheard]

> Apparently making the dependency-manager's code simpler is a goal

That isn't the goal at all. The goal of Minimal Version Selection is to ensure that the version selected is closest to that which was tested by the app and its dependencies.

> worth removing developer's ability to be expressive and removing security updates.

And that isn't true either. It allows the developer of both the app and its dependencies to express the version they have tested against, and still allow the developer to receive security updates by explicitly increasing the version, allowing them to test that the update doesn't create problems while doing so.

It allows for version pinning without the need for a lock file.