Masterminds / Masterminds/semver

Recent changes to NewVersion regex break the "-ish" nature of the function - e.g. v24.02.05

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Description

This is problematic because many versions are date allocated in dev ops use cases.

NewVersion parsed these correctly before and this change will cause large problems for our existing versions. While not in spec, it is a common usage.

Since there is already the concept of StrictNewVersion and NewVersion, it seems like a bad idea to alter NewVersion like this.

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Locate the NewVersion and StrictNewVersion parsing logic and reproduce the v24.02.05 case. Compare the current behavior with the earlier handling described in the issue, then add regression coverage showing that NewVersion accepts date-like versions while StrictNewVersion remains distinct; the existing parsing tests are the completion check.

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