The `system_keyspace::read_cdc_generation` loads a cdc generation from
the system tables. One of its preconditions is that the generation
exists - this precondition is quite easy to satisfy in raft mode, and
the function was designed to be used solely in that mode.
In legacy mode however, in case when we revert from raft mode through
recovery, it might be necessary to use generations created in raft mode
for some time. In order to make the function useful as a fallback in
case lookup of a generation in legacy mode fails, introduce a relaxed
variant of `read_cdc_generation` which returns std::nullopt if the
generation does not exist.
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