I wonder if the poipnt you're making about dependency conflicts is the diamond dependency problem. rsc wrote a very detailed post about the rationale here, and

I wonder if the poipnt you're making about dependency conflicts is the diamond dependency problem. rsc wrote a very detailed post about the rationale here, and how go versioning solves diamond dependencies, which you might find interesting: https://research.swtch.com/vgo-principles https://research.swtch.com/vgo-principles