New launcher should give a list of available versions instead of "Choose a version"

The title says it all

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I agree there are ways to improve this, but wouldn’t the “list of available versions” be every version of Anki?

From the discussion on Discord:

Not exactly every, but a lot. Maybe only list the 10 most recent ones, and if the user wants an older version, he has to type it in? As a hybrid approach

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Perhaps give a list of the most recent three. Have another, separate option to type in the version of Anki that you seek, if it is not in the list of the three most recent. This additional option should show the format expected, as many users may get this part wrong.

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Or, maybe they could collect download statistics and hardcode the most popular versions for like add-on compatibility.

The latest patch of 3 major+minor versions, I think, which would be: 25.07.1, 25.02.7 and 24.11

also, the missing zero before the seven here can confuse someone (probably consequence of the version parsing library being used)

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