[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Wrong version comparison (Issue #2574)

[Mattia Verga]

I may well be the intended behavior, but my opinion is that it is really confusing.
For example,
```
$ rpmdev-vercmp 1.7.0a 1.7.0b
1.7.0a < 1.7.0b
```
is quite understandable, as it is evaluated as `rpmdev-vercmp 1.7.0.a 1.7.0.b`, but 
```
$ rpmdev-vercmp 1.7.0.1a 1.7.0.ab
1.7.0.1a > 1.7.0.ab
```
it's not because RPM evaluates that as `rpmdev-vercmp 1.7.0.1.a 1.7.0.0.ab`, which is not what any user would think.

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