chore(build): manage latest tag push for releases

- no push for release candidates
- push as latest if version is the highest

script/actions_utils/version_comparison.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""Helper script for github actions to compare versions"""
+import argparse
+import re
+import sys
+
+
+def main(args):
+    """Entry point"""
+    print(args, file=sys.stderr)
+    semver_matcher = re.compile(r"^(v)?([\d.]+)(rc\d+)?$")
+    # Keep versions that are not release candidate
+    all_versions = [
+        tuple(map(int, match.group(2).split(".")))
+        for version in args.existing_versions
+        if (match := semver_matcher.match(version)) is not None and match.group(3) is None
+    ]
+
+    nv_match = semver_matcher.match(args.new_version)
+    new_version = (
+        tuple(map(int, nv_match.group(2).split(".")))
+        if nv_match is not None and nv_match.group(3) is None
+        else None
+    )
+
+    all_versions.append(new_version)
+
+    nv_is_rc = new_version is None
+    nv_is_latest = not nv_is_rc and max(all_versions) == new_version
+    print(str(nv_is_latest).lower())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        "Compare new version to previous versions and determine if it's the latest",
+        allow_abbrev=False,
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument("--new-version", type=str, required=True, help="The new version to compare")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--existing-versions",
+        type=str,
+        nargs="+",
+        required=True,
+        help="The list of existing versions",
+    )
+
+    cli_args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(cli_args)