But if he read and understood it, he'd know those were important numbers. Maybe moreso than the major version.
Perhaps he should have argued his actual stance more, instead of the strawman stance. That put me off.
Isn't later = better?
Edit: I.e. If you declare your own dependencies then tooling should ensure anyone who uses your code uses the same dependencies.
It doesn't work this way in Java world due to technical limitations, but it can in JS world