`use_standalone()` removes minimal version for dependency

[maelle]

In a package where we had a minimal version for the dependency rlang, I was surprised that use_standalone() removed the mininal version.

dir <- withr::local_tempdir()
pkg <- usethis::create_package(dir)
#> ✔ Setting active project to "/tmp/Rtmp1jPDvb/file7af463fef261".
#> ✔ Creating 'R/'.
#> ✔ Writing 'DESCRIPTION'.
#> Package: file7af463fef261
#> Title: What the Package Does (One Line, Title Case)
#> Version: 0.0.0.9000
#> Authors@R (parsed):
#>     * First Last <first.last@example.com> [aut, cre]
#> Description: What the package does (one paragraph).
#> License: `use_mit_license()`, `use_gpl3_license()` or friends to pick a
#>     license
#> Encoding: UTF-8
#> Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
#> RoxygenNote: 7.3.3.9000
#> ✔ Writing 'NAMESPACE'.
#> ✔ Setting active project to "<no active project>".
usethis::local_project(pkg)
#> ✔ Setting active project to "/tmp/Rtmp1jPDvb/file7af463fef261".
usethis::use_package("rlang", min_version = "1.1.0")
#> ✔ Adding rlang to 'Imports' field in DESCRIPTION.
#> ☐ Refer to functions with `rlang::fun()`.
desc::desc_get_deps()
#>      type package  version
#> 1 Imports   rlang >= 1.1.0
usethis::use_standalone("r-lib/rlang", "standalone-purrr")
#> ✔ Writing 'R/import-standalone-purrr.R'.
desc::desc_get_deps()
#>      type package version
#> 1 Imports   rlang       *

^{Created on 2025-11-20 with reprex v2.1.1}

usethis/R/use_standalone.R

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use_package(import$pkg, min_version = ver)