[AHM] Adds multi-block election types and refactors current pallets to support new interfaces and types

[gpestana]

This PR refactors the types and structs required to run a mulit-block election and updates the EPM, staking-pallet and all dependent pallets to use the multi-block types. The Westend runtime is configured to run a 1 paged election, which is a noop refactor compared to the current single-block election.

Notable changes since last reviews:

• EPM-MB: Supports only single page target snapshot #6414
• Adds max backers per winner bound trimming in the phragmen implementation #6482

Tasks based on feedback that can be closed after merging this PR: Umbrella ticket for multi-block election tasks to improve after PR#6034.

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The multi-block election provider pallet is wip and it's added in a separate PR (#6213).

To-do before merging:

• test with chopsticks/follow-chain
• add benchmarks for on_intialize in pallet staking

[Ank4n]

Only looked at traits. Will do another pass.

[github-actions]

Command "bench --pallet pallet_staking" has failed ❌! See logs here

Command output:

❌ Failed benchmarks of runtimes/pallets:
-- dev: ['pallet_staking']
✅ Successful benchmarks of runtimes/pallets:
-- westend: ['pallet_staking']

[kianenigma]

/cmd bench --pallet pallet_staking

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Command "bench --pallet pallet_staking" has started 🚀 See logs here

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Command "bench --pallet pallet_staking" has failed ❌! See logs here

Command output:

❌ Failed benchmarks of runtimes/pallets:
-- dev: ['pallet_staking']
✅ Successful benchmarks of runtimes/pallets:
-- westend: ['pallet_staking']

[kianenigma]

/cmd fmt

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Command "fmt" has started 🚀 See logs here

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Command "fmt" has finished ✅ See logs here

[kianenigma]

/cmd bench --pallet pallet_staking

[github-actions]

Command "bench --pallet pallet_staking" has started 🚀 See logs here

[github-actions]

Command "bench --pallet pallet_staking" has failed ❌! See logs here

Command output:

❌ Failed benchmarks of runtimes/pallets:
-- dev: ['pallet_staking']
✅ Successful benchmarks of runtimes/pallets:
-- westend: ['pallet_staking']

[paritytech-workflow-stopper]

All GitHub workflows were cancelled due to failure one of the required jobs.
Failed workflow url: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/actions/runs/12931586313
Failed job name: run-frame-omni-bencher

[kianenigma]

This PR is in more or less good shape, but fixing its benchmarks would lead to an amount of work that I don't see useful because #7282 will alter more things, and fixing them there would be more fruitful.

@Ank4n @tdimitrov if you agree, I will close this, and we will make #7282 the main feature branch of all things staking related?

This PR can still be used as a checkpoint to audit part of the code @seadanda.

[tdimitrov]

This PR is in more or less good shape, but fixing its benchmarks would lead to an amount of work that I don't see useful because #7282 will alter more things, and fixing them there would be more fruitful.

@Ank4n @tdimitrov if you agree, I will close this, and we will make #7282 the main feature branch of all things staking related?

This PR can still be used as a checkpoint to audit part of the code @seadanda.

If I understand correctly both PRs add multi-block election to staking. I have no preference which one we will use as a feature branch.

Out of curiosity - why they both exist?