admin: show 'need reorg' and 'validating' in admin show ddl jobs's comment field
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Description
## Enhancement
Currently, the `COMMENT` field in `ADMIN SHOW DDL JOBS` output does not provide enough information about whether a job is performing a data reorganization or just validating data (e.g., for lossy DDL optimization or varchar-to-char conversion).
This enhancement adds:
1. "need reorg" label to clarify if a job involves data reorganization.
2. "validating" label for jobs that skip reorganization but perform data validation (lossy DDL optimization, varchar-to-char).
3. Better summary logic for multi-schema change jobs.
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