[XB] Raffles 2.1.0 Release Candidate 1

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A major update focused on performance, reliability, and raffle management! This release modernizes the add-on with database and architecture improvements, new permissions, enhanced raffle tracking, and numerous fixes to make raffles more stable and easier to manage.

New Features​

• Added a permission to view raffle winners.
• Added last entry date tracking for raffles.
• Added paginated loading for public raffle entries overlays.
• Added pagination for public active and closed raffle lists.
• Added a share block to the public raffle sidebar

Improvements​

• Refactored the codebase.
• Replaced raffle winner user upgrade rewards with temporary user group promotions, including migration of existing user_upgrade_id records.
• Improved the active raffle list and raffle view layouts.
• Improved the ACP raffle entries screen layout.
• Migrated serialized arrays to JSON arrays.
• Renamed raffle and entry database tables.
• Added cached unique raffle user entries.
• Updated the Entry and Raffle entity shortName values.
• Moved the raffle copy hard-coded text to an XF phrase.
• Moved the raffle entries refund hard-coded text to an XF phrase.
• Removed the duplicate raffle route.

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed incorrect Entries relation mapping for raffles.
• Fixed a potential infinite loop when drawing multiple winners with duplicate winners disabled.
• Fixed validation for raffle entry quantities and remaining entry limits.
• Fixed validation for raffle maximum entry limits.
• Fixed cron draw processing so an invalid raffle no longer prevents later raffles from being processed.
• Fixed widget visibility to prevent hidden or non-viewable raffles from being displayed to unauthorized visitors.
• Fixed unsafe widget color parsing for unexpected style property formats.
• Fixed raffle winner display when a draw completes without any winners.
• Fixed raffle entity date and time output to use XenForo formatting.
• Fixed admin announcement thread creation when invalid forum or poster data is provided.
• Stopped storing placeholder text in the winner column when a raffle has no winners.
• Fixed public raffle list queries to load only active or closed raffles.
• Fixed active raffles list showing already drawn raffles.
• Fixed closed raffle visibility checks to respect raffle view permissions.

Screenshots​

Fixed XF 2.3 image optimization compatibility issue