I'm using the spring boot dependencies platform bom. I am overriding jpamodelgen's version. I'm trying to understand why if I have the following component selection rule (can't wait to see these in the DSL...)

if (candidate.module == "hibernate-jpamodelgen") {
          if (candidate.version.startsWith("6.5")) {
            reject("<https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-18203>")
          }

with this toml

hibernate-jpa-modelgen = { module = "org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-jpamodelgen", version = "6.+" }

then it fails on version

6.5.3

but if I use

version.strictly

instead it passes downgrading appropriately to

6.4

or upgrading to 6.6 (which I am also banning but that's besides the point)