~> Constraint Operator Does Not Apply Upper Bound for Major-Only Versions (e.g., “~> 18” includes 19.0.0)

[aircraft-cerier]

When using the ~> (pessimistic constraint) operator with a major-only version, the upper bound is not correctly enforced.

According to semver convention, a constraint like ~> 18 should translate to:
>= 18.0.0, < 19.0.0
However, the current implementation allows 19.0.0 to match ~> 18, which is unexpected and inconsistent with ~> behavior for more specific version formats like ~> 1.2.3.

✅ Expected Behavior

constraint, _ := version.NewConstraint("~> 18")
v, _ := version.NewVersion("19.0.0")
fmt.Println(constraint.Check(v)) // Expected: false

❌ Actual Behavior

constraint, _ := version.NewConstraint("~> 18")
v, _ := version.NewVersion("19.0.0")
fmt.Println(constraint.Check(v)) // Actual: true ❌

Playground repro: https://go.dev/play/p/wH5SGj61036

🙏 Request

Please fix the parsing logic for ~> constraints to properly enforce the upper bound when only a major version is provided.

[davidmathis]

Using 18 is not using proper SemVer. Does the issue still happen when using SemVer, ~> 18.0.0 or even ~> 18.0

[aircraft-cerier]

@mukeshjc @radeksimko would it be possible to get a review for this?

[aircraft-cerier]

@xiehan @claire-labry @radeksimko just friendly bump