ci: build last four minor R versions instead of only the latest #6

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Summary

The crow build pipeline previously built only the single latest stable R version (from the brew formula).
It now builds the latest patch release of each of the last four minor R versions and uploads any that are missing from S3, so older supported minors stay available rather than only the newest stable.

Get R versions to build: derive the four versions from posit's versions.json (the same source upstream's test/get_r_versions.py uses) via jq — keep only x.y.z releases, take the latest patch per minor, then the top four minors (e.g. 4.6.0, 4.5.3, 4.4.3, 4.3.3).
Check which R versions already exist in s3: iterate the four versions against the S3 listing for the platform/arch.
Build: build only the versions that are missing. In steady state nothing builds; when a new minor lands, only that one is built.

awk fix

The existence check used an awk regex ($0 ~ ver), so the unescaped dots in a version made 4.4.3 spuriously match 4.3.3 (the substring 4/4.3 satisfies the pattern).
Harmless with a single version, but across four adjacent versions it would wrongly skip builds.
Switched to literal substring matching via awk index($0, ver).

## Summary The crow build pipeline previously built only the single latest stable R version (from the brew formula). It now builds the latest patch release of each of the **last four minor R versions** and uploads any that are missing from S3, so older supported minors stay available rather than only the newest stable. - **Get R versions to build**: derive the four versions from posit's `versions.json` (the same source upstream's `test/get_r_versions.py` uses) via jq — keep only `x.y.z` releases, take the latest patch per minor, then the top four minors (e.g. `4.6.0, 4.5.3, 4.4.3, 4.3.3`). - **Check which R versions already exist in s3**: iterate the four versions against the S3 listing for the platform/arch. - **Build**: build only the versions that are missing. In steady state nothing builds; when a new minor lands, only that one is built. ## awk fix The existence check used an awk regex (`$0 ~ ver`), so the unescaped dots in a version made `4.4.3` spuriously match `4.3.3` (the substring `4/4.3` satisfies the pattern). Harmless with a single version, but across four adjacent versions it would wrongly skip builds. Switched to literal substring matching via awk `index($0, ver)`.

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ci: build last four minor R versions instead of only the latest d2fc0c9600

Derive the latest patch release of each of the last four minor R versions
from posit's versions.json and build any that are missing from S3,
so older supported minors stay available rather than only the newest stable.

Replace the awk regex existence check with a literal index() match;
the unescaped version dots made e.g. 4.4.3 spuriously match 4.3.3.

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ci: build last four minor R versions instead of only the latest (#6)