[giyanani]

> But it is a problem, because somewhere along the line one of those indirect dependencies is going to start conflicting with something else in the graph; the bigger the graph, the more conflicts.

Rust is statically compiled, so it’s possible to have different versions of the same dependency in your dependency graph without build issues. Yes, that can lead to binary bloat and slower build times and some related problems, but in practice the compiler is good at dealing with those issues.