use special prerelease version precedence check only if major, minor and patch identifiers match

[YashasSamaga]

Item 11.3 in semvar specs says prerelease check is performed if and only if the major, minor and patch versions match. This commit adds a check to perform prerelease check only when the major, minor and patch version match.

fixes #12812

Pending:

• add tests

[leonardoalt]

Needs update

[leonardoalt]

Doesn't look like anyone is working on this. Closing for now.