Docs/Packaging guide: Add BundlePackage (#39691)

* Docs/Packaging guide: Add BundlePackage
* Adjusted version ordering note to reflect convention.
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Bundle
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``BundlePackage`` represents a set of packages that are expected to work well
together, such as a collection of commonly used software libraries. The
associated software is specified as bundle dependencies.
``BundlePackage`` represents a set of packages that are expected to work
well together, such as a collection of commonly used software libraries.
The associated software is specified as dependencies.
If it makes sense, variants, conflicts, and requirements can be added to
the package. :ref:`Variants <variants>` ensure that common build options
are consistent across the packages supporting them. :ref:`Conflicts
and requirements <packaging_conflicts>` prevent attempts to build with known
bugs or limitations.
For example, if ``MyBundlePackage`` is known to only build on ``linux``,
it could use the ``require`` directive as follows:
.. code-block:: python
require("platform=linux", msg="MyBundlePackage only builds on linux")
Spack has a number of built-in bundle packages, such as:
* `AmdAocl <https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/amd-aocl/package.py>`_
* `EcpProxyApps <https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ecp-proxy-apps/package.py>`_
* `Libc <https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libc/package.py>`_
* `Xsdk <https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsdk/package.py>`_
where ``Xsdk`` also inherits from ``CudaPackage`` and ``RocmPackage`` and
``Libc`` is a virtual bundle package for the C standard library.
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