[8.19] (backport #19118) Improve version bump flexibility and automate AWS and sequel deps to minor automatically

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Release notes

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What does this PR do?

Automates AWS minor updates on lock file patch bumps and adds 2 config parameters, allowing selected gems to be updated to minor or major automatically, improving workflow flexibility.

Why is it important/What is the impact to the user?

It allows to select gems where a desired feature/fix has been shipped as minor/major release and also keeps up to date gemps that don't ship patch releases (AWS).

Related issues

• Relates #7160

Tests

Example job run and the resulting PR. Some gems were manually downgraded at target branch befor the workflow execution. elasticsearch and rubocop chose as selected minor gems input param, and redis as major.

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This is an automatic backport of pull request #19118 done by Mergify.

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