fix: change the way unknowns are resolved to fix add/up

Author: bienzaaron

packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/features/minimumNpmReleaseAge.test.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const ONE_DAY_IN_MINUTES = 24 * 60;
 describe(`Features`, () => {
   describe(`npmMinimumReleaseAge and npmMinimumReleaseAgeExclude`, () => {
     describe(`add`, () => {
-      // TODO failing
       test(
         `add should install the latest version allowed by the minimum release age`,
         makeTemporaryEnv({}, {
@@ -384,7 +383,6 @@ describe(`Features`, () => {
       );
     });
     describe(`up`, () => {
-      // TODO failing
       test(
         `it should update to the latest version allowed by the minimum release age`,
         makeTemporaryEnv({
@@ -406,7 +404,6 @@ describe(`Features`, () => {
           });
         }),
       );
-      // TODO failing
       test(
         `recursive should update to the latest version allowed by the minimum release age`,
         makeTemporaryEnv({

packages/plugin-essentials/sources/suggestUtils.ts

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ type InferenceParameters = {
 
 function extractInferenceParametersFromRequest(request: Descriptor): InferenceParameters {
   if (request.range === `unknown`)
-    return {type: `resolve`, range: `latest`};
+    return {type: `resolve`, range: `*`};
 
   if (semverUtils.validRange(request.range))
     return {type: `fixed`, range: request.range};