Very nice point. If you look at all npm examples in the article it shows the >= M.m.b pattern which is never found in the wild. You’ll find ~M.m.b for VERY old

Very nice point. If you look at all npm examples in the article it shows the >= M.m.b pattern which is never found in the wild. You’ll find ~M.m.b for VERY old packages and ^M.m.b for modern ones (last 4 years). Those let the minor and build increase, but not the major.