fix compare_version if runtime error

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What does this PR do?

addressing

    _TORCHMETRICS_GREATER_EQUAL_1_0_0 = compare_version("torchmetrics", operator.ge, "1.0.0")
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lightning_utilities/core/imports.py:78: in compare_version
    pkg = importlib.import_module(package)
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchmetrics/__init__.py:22: in <module>
    from torchmetrics import functional  # noqa: E402
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchmetrics/functional/__init__.py:14: in <module>
    from torchmetrics.functional.audio._deprecated import _permutation_invariant_training as permutation_invariant_training
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchmetrics/functional/audio/__init__.py:14: in <module>
    from torchmetrics.functional.audio.pit import permutation_invariant_training, pit_permutate
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchmetrics/functional/audio/pit.py:22: in <module>
    from torchmetrics.utilities import rank_zero_warn
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchmetrics/utilities/__init__.py:14: in <module>
    from torchmetrics.utilities.checks import check_forward_full_state_property
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchmetrics/utilities/checks.py:25: in <module>
    from torchmetrics.metric import Metric
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchmetrics/metric.py:30: in <module>
    from torchmetrics.utilities.data import (
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchmetrics/utilities/data.py:22: in <module>
    from torchmetrics.utilities.imports import _TORCH_GREATER_EQUAL_1_12, _XLA_AVAILABLE
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchmetrics/utilities/imports.py:45: in <module>
    _TORCHVISION_GREATER_EQUAL_0_8: Optional[bool] = compare_version("torchvision", operator.ge, "0.8.0")
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lightning_utilities/core/imports.py:78: in compare_version
    pkg = importlib.import_module(package)
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchvision/__init__.py:10: in <module>
    from torchvision import _meta_registrations, datasets, io, models, ops, transforms, utils  # usort:skip
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torchvision/_meta_registrations.py:164: in <module>
    def meta_nms(dets, scores, iou_threshold):
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/library.py:1069: in register
    use_lib._register_fake(
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/library.py:219: in _register_fake
    handle = entry.fake_impl.register(
../.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/_library/fake_impl.py:51: in register
    raise RuntimeError(
E   RuntimeError: register_fake(...): the operator torchvision::nms already has an DispatchKey::Meta implementation via a pre-existing torch.library or TORCH_LIBRARY registration. Please either remove that registration or don't call register_fake.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes the compare_version function to handle RuntimeError exceptions that can occur during module import, specifically addressing a torchvision registration conflict that was causing crashes.

• Expands exception handling in compare_version to catch RuntimeError in addition to ImportError

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