Necessity of patch-level version bumps in dependencies

[mfansler]

This package frequently bumps patch-level versions in dependencies. Is this actually necessary?

For instance, dplyr v1.1.2 -> v1.1.3 doesn't appear to add any functionality. What is the reason that this package requires it?

[IndrajeetPatil]

Technically, no. But most of the key dependencies of statsExpressions (viz. packages from tidyverse and easystats ecosystems) are under active development with relatively rapidly evolving API.

Therefore, from time-to-time, I bump the needed dep versions to make sure that the end users:

• have the latest features available to them
• don't see any unwanted messages/warnings because I am using older API from these dependencies

This will naturally come to a halt as the development pace for these dependencies slows down.