`v6.0.7` broke Composer resolution — `>=7.0,<=12.0` excludes `illuminate/*` patch releases

[emanueljacob]

Summary

Version v6.0.7 changed the illuminate/* dependency constraints from ^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0 to >=7.0,<=12.0. This is a breaking regression that prevents installation with any illuminate/* version above 12.0.0 (e.g. 12.1.0, 12.56.0, etc.).

Root Cause

The constraint >=7.0,<=12.0 caps the maximum resolved version at exactly 12.0.0. Any patch or minor release (12.0.1, 12.5.0, 12.56.0, …) is excluded.

The previous constraint ^12.0 correctly resolved to >=12.0.0, <13.0.0, allowing all 12.x releases.

Constraint	12.0.0	12.0.1	12.56.0
^12.0 (before)	✅	✅	✅
<=12.0 (after)	✅	❌	❌

Reproduction

composer require kalnoy/nestedset:^6.0.7 laravel/framework:^12.1

Fails with:

Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

Downgrading to v6.0.6 resolves the issue.

Suggested Fix

Either revert to the previous constraints:

"illuminate/database": "^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
"illuminate/events": "^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
"illuminate/support": "^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0"

Or, if a simplified range is preferred, use <13.0 instead of <=12.0:

"illuminate/database": ">=7.0,<13.0",
"illuminate/events": ">=7.0,<13.0",
"illuminate/support": ">=7.0,<13.0"

Workaround

Pin to the previous version:

"kalnoy/nestedset": "^6.0.6"

Note: Make sure to also add 6.0.7 to the exclude list or use the exact constraint 6.0.6 to prevent Composer from picking up the broken release.

[GrameJunior]

I have the same issue here. Additionally to that, the 6.0.7 and the 7.0.0 tag are missing a Github Release

[mr-mr7]

"kalnoy/nestedset": "6.0.6"

its works

[hohanov]

"kalnoy/nestedset": "6.0.6"

Yes, this works as a workaround. But we still need a proper fix so thousands of developers downloading v6 (https://packagist.org/packages/kalnoy/nestedset/stats) won't run into this error and waste time looking for a fix.