1697230491-Relax-version-checks-in-snapshot-builds.yaml

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kind: enhancement

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summary: Relax version checks in snapshot builds

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description: |
  Relax version checking fleet-server does to client communication when built with SNAPSHOT=true.
  Versions allowed will be <=X.Y+1.Z, that is to say snapshots will allow the next minor version to communicate.
  This is done to avoid the chicken and egg prpoblem we face in automated testing when releasing new minor versions.


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