# Project.toml \[compat\] best practice: should I manually remove incompatible old dependency versions?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/project-toml-compat-best-practice-should-i-manually-remove-incompatible-old-dependency-versions/103530>\
**Category:** Package Management\
**Created:** [September 5, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/project-toml-compat-best-practice-should-i-manually-remove-incompatible-old-dependency-versions/103530 "2023-09-05T04:13:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![aplavin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aplavin/32/222056_2.png) [@aplavin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aplavin)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/project-toml-compat-best-practice-should-i-manually-remove-incompatible-old-dependency-versions/103530/9 "2023-09-08T06:47:08Z")

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See [oldnew\_compat.yml · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/aplavin/ec1024d00db6ebe8a7fa0a38aa8cca6c) for a github action that runs tests on oldest/newest version of each dependency (2n runs) or on all versions of each dependency. Uses experimental features of `CompatHelperLocal.jl`.

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