make boards details JSON output deterministic #2419

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What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Make programmers and build_properties deterministic in JSON output.

What is the current behavior?

Now when performing arduino-cli boards details ... it produces a JSON that has some fields that contain values that are always randomly sorted.

What is the new behavior?

Now the arduino-cli boards details ... output produces a JSON that is always deterministic. No more randomly sorted values in arrays 🤘

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 make boards details JSON output deterministic

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Please make the JSON output of board details deterministic #2209

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