downgrading packages while install

[shinnlu]

my environment:
Laravel Framework 6.17.1
PHP 7.4.3

i just install activitylog by:
composer require spatie/laravel-activitylog

then, i see a lot of downgrade message

what will case the downgrade?

[Gummibeer]

Hey,

could you provide your exact composer.json before you required the package?
This would allow us to check which package/dependency possibly downgrades the packages.
As it's only minor and patch versions in a lot of dev dependencies and polyfills could it be that your local environment changed? Likee upgraded/downgraded your PHP version or some inconsistency between your local and docker environment or similar? Just blind guesses.
But I don't have any idea which of our dependencies or constraints should downgrade all these Symfony components in minor and patch versions as none of these packages is part of our direct dependencies. 🤔

[shinnlu]

i don't upgrade anything, just install activitylog package.
here is my composer.json

{
    "name": "laravel/laravel",
    "description": "The Laravel Framework.",
    "keywords": [
        "framework",
        "laravel"
    ],
    "license": "MIT",
    "type": "project",
    "require": {
        "php": ">7.1.3",
        "alexusmai/laravel-file-manager": "^2.4",
        "babenkoivan/scout-elasticsearch-driver": "^4.0",
        "baum/baum": "2.x-dev",
        "fideloper/proxy": "^4.0",
        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^6.3",
        "intervention/image": "^2.3",
        "laravel/framework": "^6.0",
        "laravel/tinker": "^2.0",
        "laravelcollective/html": "^6.0",
        "laravelium/sitemap": "^6.0",
        "maatwebsite/excel": "~3.1",
        "mews/captcha": "~3.0.1",
        "paypal/paypal-checkout-sdk": "1.0.1",
        "paypal/rest-api-sdk-php": "*",
        "steelywing/chinese": "^0.5.3",
        "stripe/stripe-php": "^7.7"
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "^3.2",
        "composer/composer": "^1.9",
        "filp/whoops": "^2.0",
        "fzaninotto/faker": "^1.4",
        "laravel/dusk": "^5.9",
        "mockery/mockery": "^1.0",
        "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.0",
        "symfony/css-selector": "3.1.*",
        "symfony/dom-crawler": "3.1.*",
        "symfony/thanks": "^1.0"
    },
    "autoload": {
        "classmap": [
            "database/seeds",
            "database/factories"
        ],
        "psr-4": {
            "App\\": "app/",
            "Zizaco\\Entrust\\":"packages/zizaco/entrust"
        },
        "files": [
            "app/helpers.php",
            "app/TowerHelpers.php"
        ]
    },
    "autoload-dev": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Tests\\": "tests/"
        }
    },
    "extra": {
        "laravel": {
            "dont-discover": [
                "laravel/dusk"
            ]
        }
    },
    "scripts": {
        "post-root-package-install": [
            "@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
            "@php artisan key:generate"
        ],
        "post-autoload-dump": [
            "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
            "@php artisan package:discover"
        ]
    },
    "config": {
        "preferred-install": "dist",
        "sort-packages": true,
        "optimize-autoloader": true
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "prefer-stable": true
}