Add support for RENAMED_FIELD_TYPES in the legacy pickler.

Review Request #14208 — Created Oct. 17, 2024 and submitted — Latest diff uploaded

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Django Evolution
release-2.x

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Django Evolution's modern JSON-based serializer gained support for
RENAMED_FIELD_TYPES, which allowed codebases to map legacy field
classes to new ones. However, the legacy pickle-based deserializer
didn't have this capability, meaning that older codebases would still
fail to find renamed modules.

This change adds support for RENAMED_FIELD_TYPES in the legacy
unpickler. This unpickler already hard-codes support for some legacy
types, making this pretty straightforward.

Tested an upgrade with the legacy unpickler referencing a module we
wanted to rename. Verified the upgrade worked successfully.

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