Installation via composer does not work if minimum stability is stable

Change minimum stability: If you are comfortable using packages with a minimum stability of "alpha" or "beta," you can change the minimum stability setting in your composer.json file. For example, set it to "alpha" to allow the installation of packages in alpha, beta, or stable versions:

In composer.json file edit this.

{
"minimum-stability": "alpha"
}

yes, but when people have not done that, we cannot provide an install command one-liner

Problem seems to be that the drupal.org packaging adds module dependencies to composer.json dependencies:

$ composer show drupal/lupus_decoupled -a
name     : drupal/lupus_decoupled
descrip. : Ready-to-go Decoupled Drupal with Nuxt.js!
keywords : Drupal, Decoupled
versions : 1.x-dev, 1.0.0-beta2, 1.0.0-beta1, 1.0.0-alpha4, 1.0.0-alpha3, 1.0.0-alpha2, 1.0.0-alpha1, dev-1.x
type     : drupal-module
license  : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later (GPL-2.0-or-later) (OSI approved) https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-or-later.html#licenseText
homepage : https://www.drupal.org/project/lupus_decoupled
source   : [git] https://git.drupalcode.org/project/lupus_decoupled.git 1443c34114e84eb71608f2351f2d2904e04de10c
dist     : []  
names    : drupal/lupus_decoupled

support
source : https://git.drupalcode.org/project/lupus_decoupled

requires
drupal/core ^9 || ^10
drupal/lupus_decoupled_ce_api *
drupal/lupus_decoupled_cors *
drupal/lupus_decoupled_menu *
drunomics/service-utils *
drupal/config_rewrite ^1.5
drupal/custom_elements ^2.2 || 3.x-dev
drupal/lupus_ce_renderer ^2.3.3
drupal/rest_menu_items ^3.0.3
drupal/trusted_redirect ^1.11.0

</code>

But in 
https://git.drupalcode.org/project/lupus_decoupled/-/blob/1.x/composer.json?ref_type=heads
there is no dependency lupus_decoupled_ce_api - so we cannot add the @beta there.

Maybe it works when we add requirements to the modules explicitly. Drupal.org seems to generate meta-packages for sub-modules:
<code>composer show drupal/lupus_decoupled_ce_api -a
name     : drupal/lupus_decoupled_ce_api
descrip. : Provides custom elements API at /ce-api
keywords : 
versions : 1.x-dev, 1.0.0-beta2, 1.0.0-beta1, 1.0.0-alpha4, 1.0.0-alpha3, 1.0.0-alpha2, 1.0.0-alpha1, dev-1.x
type     : metapackage

Since this will no longer be an issue when not in dev, I just made a merge request to change the project simply page 'quick start' snippets.
https://github.com/drunomics/lupus-decoupled-website/pull/31

Instead of only:
composer require drupal/lupus_decoupled

would be:
composer create-project drupal/recommended-project lupus
cd lupus
composer config minimum-stability dev
composer require drupal/lupus_decoupled

Not that elegant, but since core assumes stable as 'default', not sure if there's a simpler way to do it.

thank you, merged all changes! They are live at

https://lupus-decoupled.org

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.