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Dependency Version Management in Python

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Problem

An OpenAI Responses API tool bundle may depend on several versioned Python packages. Given available package versions and minimum-version dependency requirements, select one compatible version for every required package. Prefer the highest available version for each package. Return an empty dictionary if no valid selection exists.

Formal Specification

Implement resolve_dependencies(catalog, requirements). catalog is a dictionary mapping package names to dictionaries of version strings and their dependencies. Each dependency is represented as dependency_name: minimum_version, and all version requirements are inclusive. requirements maps root package names to their minimum acceptable versions. Return a dictionary mapping every resolved package to its selected version, or {} when resolution is impossible.

Versions use major.minor.patch format and should be compared numerically, not lexicographically. The dependency graph is acyclic. A package selected while resolving one dependency may be reused if it satisfies a later minimum-version requirement.

Constraints

  • 1 <= len(catalog) <= 100
  • Each package has at most 20 available versions
  • Versions use major.minor.patch format
  • The dependency graph is acyclic
  • Every dependency name appears in catalog
  • Return the highest compatible version whenever multiple solutions exist

Function Signature

def resolve_dependencies(catalog, requirements):
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