Order pre-release labels when comparing versions

[MickLesk]

✍️ Description

The version key kept only the digit runs of a tag, so 1.0.0-beta38 became 1.0.0.38 and ranked above 1.0.0-rc.1 (1.0.0.1). Containers on beta38 reported "No update available" although upstream marks rc.1 as latest (Pelican Panel).

The key now pads the numeric core to one width and ranks the pre-release label (dev < alpha < beta < pre < rc < final) before the remaining digits. _forge_highest_version uses the same jq key as the release sort.

🔗 Related Issue

Fixes community-scripts/ProxmoxVE#17887

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• No security risks – No hardcoded secrets, unnecessary privilege escalations, or permission issues.
• API.txt regenerated – If a function signature or behavior changed, API.txt was updated to match.

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Try this branch

The engine and the scripts resolve independently, so a production script can
be run against the engine from this PR by setting one variable:

COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_CORE_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/core/fix/forge-prerelease-version-order \
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/debian.sh)"

Swap ct/debian.sh for whatever exercises the change.

Run a script from a fork as well

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/core/fix/forge-prerelease-version-order/tools/run.sh |
  bash -s -- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YOU/DevScripts/your-branch ct/debian.sh \
             https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/core/fix/forge-prerelease-version-order

Note that run.sh is reached through a pipe, so the script it starts inherits
an exhausted stdin. Whiptail is fine — it opens /dev/tty — but a plain read
would see EOF. The single-variable form above does not have that problem.

Useful flags while testing

dev_mode=net logs every engine fetch with status and duration, which is the
quickest way to confirm the branch is really being used. dev_mode=keep stops a
failed build from deleting the container along with the evidence.