Consistent logic to select range sync start_slot #8416
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Issue Addressed
From #8382 I noted that the logic in range sync to decide where to start syncing from is scattered. When manual finalization is triggered, sync will fetch useless epochs.
Proposed Changes
This is a somewhat sensitive change that I don't want to have buried in #8382. Since manual finalization is an avaialble feature in current stable I think it's okay to fix separately to #8382.
This PR merges the logic to decide if a peer:
In a single function. Plus, the variant
PeerSyncType::Advancedincludes which slot sync should start from.