[MNG-8474] ComparableVersion doesn't specify well-known qualfiier order

**[Elliotte Rusty Harold](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=elharo)** opened **[MNG-8474](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-8474?redirect=false)** and commented

The Javadoc says:

strings are checked for well-known qualifiers and the qualifier ordering is used for version ordering. Well-known qualifiers (case insensitive) are:

alpha or a
beta or b
milestone or m
rc or cr
snapshot
(the empty string) or ga or final
sp

However it never says twhether alpha comes before or after beta, and so forth. That is, the qualifier ordering is undefined. See

https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.9.9/maven-artifact/apidocs/org/apache/maven/artifact/versioning/ComparableVersion.html

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Start by locating org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ComparableVersion and reading the existing Javadoc around its well-known qualifiers. Document the qualifier order explicitly, with wording consistent with the behavior described by the class; the issue is done when the relative order is unambiguous.

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