It is beyond the logic skills of a mere mortal : if mod A is designed for version X, and mod B is designed for version Y, well obviously the answer to all conflicts is to install each version on top of each other.
It's a perfectly designed plan. What could go wrong ?
A lot of things at first. I'm no dev "yet", so I don't know how probable this would be. However if it were to be hammered at for a while, results would start to appear. Btw, your joke made my day haha.