Tell people when a newer release is out (#1100)

At start, and at most once a day, a background thread asks GitHub for the latest stable
release (one HTTPS GET to releases/latest, nothing else sent; 15 s timeout; silent when
offline; GitHub's rate limit respected). When it is newer than this build, an Update button
appears next to Report a bug. It opens a window with the version, the release notes and
Download (the asset that fits this installation), Skip this version and Remind me later.

- Versions compare as semver; a nightly counts as the release it was built after, so it is
  offered only a newer stable release.
- The installation is detected (AppImage, Flatpak, Snap from the store or a file, deb, rpm,
  tar.gz, Windows MSI/portable/exe, macOS app); Download picks the fixed-name asset.
  Development builds and the Flatpak (no network permission) never check.
- Preferences > General > Updates: Check for updates automatically (on) and Check now.
- HTTP via ureq + rustls with the operating system's certificates (desktop app only).
- docs: Updates and privacy page.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
log = { workspace = true }
rfd = { workspace = true }
getrandom = "0.3"
# The update check (docs/updates.md): HTTPS with rustls, certificates from the operating system.
ureq = { version = "3.4", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-no-provider", "platform-verifier"] }
rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring", "std", "tls12", "logging"] }
[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "windows", target_os = "linux"))'.dependencies]
quick-xml = { workspace = true }