CI: The test plugin 'ansible.builtin.version' failed: Version comparison failed: invalid version number '2.19.0rc1'

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Various integration tests are gated based on the Ansible version, e.g.

mitogen/tests/ansible/regression/issue_109__target_has_old_ansible_installed.yml

Lines 8 to 10 in 98ae5e2

	- meta: end_play
	when:
	- ansible_version.full is version('2.6', '<', strict=True)

.

This fails when the ansible-core version under test is a release condidate, version(..., strict=True) accepts "1.2.3", "1.2.3a1", or "1.2.3b1". It doesn't accept "1.2.3rc1". Ansible 4 (ansible-core 2.11) added version(..., version_type=...). Ansible 7 (ansible-core 2.14) added version(..., version_type='pep440').

See

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_tests.html#comparing-versions

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Self referesher on version() test behaviour https://gist.github.com/moreati/e7507c5b606b12ec0ddafcb7c8debbf1

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➜  mitogen git:(issue1275-ssh_askpass) ✗ .venv/bin/ansible localhost -mdebug -a msg="{{ ansible_version.major }}.{{ ansible_version.minor }}.{{ ansible_version.revision | regex_search('^[0-9]+') }}"
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "msg": "2.19.0"
}
➜  mitogen git:(issue1275-ssh_askpass) ✗ .venv/bin/ansible localhost -mdebug -a msg="{{ '2.19.0a1' is version('2.19', '<', strict=True) }}"                                                   
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "msg": true
}
➜  mitogen git:(issue1275-ssh_askpass) ✗ .venv/bin/ansible localhost -mdebug -avar=ansible_version.full                                                                                       
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "ansible_version.full": "2.19.0rc1"
}