fix: keep pre versions

[Borda]

What does this PR do?

The rc and dev shall not be skipped
I believe this is the proper fix for #14750

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[otaj]

I have to say, I have no idea how come this works and it wasn't working before #14750, because this is essentially revert of #14750, but it seems it works (the checks are passing 👍)

[Borda]

I have to say, I have no idea how come this works and it wasn't working before #14750, because this is essentially revert of #14750, but it seems it works (the checks are passing +1)

I agree that it is strange that it did not work, but it was working fine on master all the time... 🦦
so could we miss a cherry-pick from master? 🐰