docs: community standards, privacy notice and release-body automation

Closes the remaining gaps in GitHub's community-standards check, adds
explicit privacy and dependency documentation matching the plugin's
"DSGVO-by-design" claim, and removes the stale upstream Crowdin
artefact so the repo no longer suggests it ships its own translation
pipeline.

New community-health files:

- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md: project-specific, short and direct, single
  reporting path to kontakt@hellion-media.de
- CONTRIBUTING.md: scope, accepted vs declined contributions, build
  and test instructions, EUPL-1.2 contribution terms, translation
  policy split between Hellion-specific (here) and upstream strings
  (Chat 2 repo)
- SUPPORT.md: routing for bugs, security, privacy and casual feedback
- .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md: summary, change-type checklist,
  testing notes, compatibility notes for migrations and manifest
  fields, contribution checklist
- .github/FUNDING.yml: comments-only file, no platforms enabled,
  points donors at the upstream Chat 2 maintainers' Ko-fi pages

New privacy and compliance documentation:

- PRIVACY.md: what the plugin stores locally (config, SQLite,
  EmoteCacheV1), retention defaults, the two outbound network calls
  (BetterTTV API+CDN with ShowEmotes opt-out, Square Enix Lodestone
  font once-off), explicit no-telemetry statement, GDPR
  Art. 15/17/18/20/21 rights mapped to plugin features, third-party
  privacy-policy links
- THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md: direct NuGet dependencies with versions
  pinned to v0.5.4 (MessagePack, Microsoft.Data.Sqlite, morelinq,
  Pidgin, SixLabors.ImageSharp under Six Labors Split License 1.0),
  Dalamud SDK and .NET tooling, bundled Exo 2 font (OFL-1.1) and
  plugin icon, network-touch status per component, re-audit commands

Crowdin cleanup:

- crowdin.yml deleted (was upstream Chat 2's project_id 663694,
  pointed at /ChatTwo/Resources/Language.resx, never wired to
  HellionChat strings)
- README, CONTRIBUTING and CODE_OF_CONDUCT no longer suggest
  HellionChat operates a Crowdin project; remaining mentions are
  explicitly framed as upstream Chat 2's workflow

Contact and version consistency:

- Maintainer email switched from maintainer@hellion-media.de to
  kontakt@hellion-media.de in SECURITY.md and NOTICE.md
- README version references updated to 0.5.4 (header, project status
  block) and the update-tag pattern generalised from v0.1.x to v0.X.Y
- bug_report.yml version placeholder bumped to 0.5.4
- Project-documents table added to README footer linking all health
  and reference files in one place

Release-body automation:

- .github/workflows/release.yml now extracts the matching version
  block from ChatTwo/HellionChat.yaml's changelog and combines it
  with a static install / docs footer (custom-repo URL, project
  document links, licence) before passing the result to
  softprops/action-gh-release@v3 via body_path
- Workflow fails fast if no changelog block exists for the tagged
  version, automating the existing "yaml + repo.json + release body
  kept in sync" rule
- Tag value passed via env: TAG_NAME with strict ^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$
  validation before any string concatenation, so the tag input cannot
  break out into shell evaluation
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# Contributing to HellionChat
Thanks for taking a look. HellionChat is a small, opinionated fork of
[Chat 2](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo) maintained by one
person in spare time. This document explains what I am looking for,
what I am not, and how to make a contribution land smoothly.
## Before you open anything
- Read the [README](README.md) so you understand the scope: this is a
privacy-focused, EUPL-1.2-licensed Dalamud plugin that intentionally
removes the upstream webinterface and ships smaller defaults.
- Read [UPSTREAM_SYNC.md](UPSTREAM_SYNC.md). Cherry-picks from upstream
Chat 2 are selective and conscious; not everything that lands there
belongs here.
- Read [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md). Anything security-sensitive goes
through a private advisory, never a public issue or PR.
- Read the [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
## What I will accept
- Bug fixes for behaviour documented in the README, the in-plugin
settings or the changelog.
- Translation contributions for Hellion-specific strings via direct
pull requests against `ChatTwo/Resources/HellionStrings.*.resx`.
Translations for the upstream Chat 2 strings (`Language.*.resx`) are
not handled here; they go through the upstream Chat 2 project.
- Documentation improvements (README, comments, this file).
- Performance fixes with a measurable before/after.
- New features that fit the privacy-first scope and do not duplicate
what an existing Dalamud plugin already does well.
## What I will probably decline
- Re-introducing the webinterface or any remote-access feature. It was
removed in v0.2.0 on purpose. See README "Was gegenüber Chat 2 fehlt".
- Features that bypass the privacy filter or weaken the default
retention behaviour without an explicit, documented opt-in.
- Sweeping refactors that touch large parts of the upstream codebase.
They make selective upstream cherry-picks much harder and the
maintenance cost outweighs the benefit for a one-person project.
- AI-generated code dropped in without disclosure or human review. See
[AI_DISCLOSURE.md](AI_DISCLOSURE.md) for how I handle AI assistance
on my side; I expect comparable transparency from contributors.
If you are unsure whether an idea fits, open a feature-request issue
first and ask before writing code. I would rather say "no" to a
proposal than to a finished pull request.
## Workflow
1. Open an issue (bug or feature request) using the templates under
`.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/`. Skip this step only for trivial typos.
2. Fork the repository and branch off `main`. Branch naming is
informal; something like `fix/auto-tell-history-empty` or
`feat/adblock-light-mode` is plenty.
3. Match the existing code style. The repository ships an
`.editorconfig` that VS Code and Rider pick up automatically.
4. Keep commits focused. Several small commits with clear messages are
easier to review than one big one. Squash-on-merge happens at the
PR level if needed.
5. If your change touches user-visible behaviour, update the README
and/or the changelog block in `ChatTwo/HellionChat.yaml` and
`repo.json` for the next version. I bump the version number myself
at release time, so you do not need to.
6. Open the pull request against `main`. The PR template will ask
you to summarise the change, the testing you did and any
compatibility notes.
## Build and test
The project targets `net10.0-windows` against Dalamud SDK 15. To build
locally you need:
- .NET 10 SDK
- A working Dalamud development environment with `DALAMUD_HOME` set
(XIVLauncher installed and launched once is the simplest path)
- VS Code with the C# Dev Kit, Rider, or Visual Studio
```
dotnet restore
dotnet build ChatTwo.sln -c Release
dotnet test ChatTwo.sln -c Release
```
The test project is `ChatTwo.Tests`. New behaviour should come with a
test where the existing test infrastructure makes that practical
(privacy filter, configuration migration, message store).
For a smoke test in-game: build, copy the output into your Dalamud
`devPlugins/HellionChat/` directory and load it through `/xlplugins`.
## Continuous integration
Every push and every pull request runs:
- `build.yml``dotnet build` and `dotnet test`
- `codeql.yml` — CodeQL security analysis
A pull request will not be merged while either of these is failing.
CodeQL findings on changed code need to be addressed; pre-existing
findings on untouched code are tracked separately.
## Licensing
By submitting a pull request you confirm that:
- Your contribution is your own work, or you have the right to
contribute it under the project licence.
- You agree that your contribution will be released under the
[EUPL-1.2](LICENSE), the same licence as the rest of the project.
There is no separate CLA.
## Translations
Hellion-specific strings live in `ChatTwo/Resources/HellionStrings.resx`
(English source) and `HellionStrings.<lang>.resx` (per-language).
Translations are accepted as direct pull requests against those files.
The upstream Chat 2 strings in `ChatTwo/Resources/Language.*.resx` are
**not** translated in this repository. They are owned by the upstream
Chat 2 project and synced in via cherry-pick. Please contribute
upstream-string translations to
[Infiziert90/ChatTwo](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo) instead.
## A note on response times
I respond on weekdays during European business hours and I take
weekends and FFXIV patch days off. A pull request that sits for a few
days has not been ignored; I just have not gotten to it yet. Pinging
once after a week is fine; please do not ping daily.