Use proper 7.0+ dependency.

[dereuromark]

Many tools are currently blocked from updating/using to composer v2 due to your package using the Ocramius package, which already now is 7.4+.
Many of us are software vendors that need to keep libraries 7.2 compatible, and that cannot be done using this package right now.
The composer guys offered a way to do that using this package until everyone is safely beyond 7.4+.
But given the policy of how this library is run, I would advice to keep using the composer version here even beyond that (the problem wont go away).

See also Ocramius/PackageVersions#133 to why this is necessary.

[Seldaek]

Also note that for Composer 2 users, using https://github.com/composer/composer/blob/master/src/Composer/InstalledVersions.php is preferred as the source of information IMO.

Please read the getPrettyVersion/getVersion docs carefully though, as ocramius/package-versions was kinda naive there in terms of handling replace/provide. Reality is more complex, and getVersion is thus not guaranteed to return a single version. Using satisfies is preferred.

The other question is whether this package has still a reason to exist or not though in a Composer 2 world, I am not sure if there is enough added value but I will let you be the judge of that.

[dereuromark]

OK, that's fair. Actually, we would need this here more to resolve the current status quo (of trying to force-keep that package 7.2 compatible with some hacks).
So basically, as v2 preparation, not as v2 migration.

If v2 has built in package-versions, that's even more awesome :)

[Jean85]

Thanks @Seldaek and @dereuromark for your work. I'm delving a little in how all of this works.

The other question is whether this package has still a reason to exist or not though in a Composer 2 world, I am not sure if there is enough added value but I will let you be the judge of that.

Well, this was just a tiny wrapper around Ocramius' package; depending on the output of Composer v2, it could still be needed. I'll investigate this immediately.