Fix vendor PR status and branch sync

[DRSDavidSoft]

Summary

• Replace the redundant per-vendor release-version shield with a separate Build Status table column.
• Use compact Shields.io GitHub check-runs badges linked to each vendor repository's Actions page.
• Restore the top Release notes · Compare changes link row inside each vendor details block.
• Remove the misleading bottom blockquoted compare link, since it compared git commits rather than release-note ranges.
• Add explicit actions: write and contents: write permissions to the Update branches workflow so the master-to-development sync can push merge commits that include workflow-file changes.

CI root cause

Recent post-merge Update branches runs failed while pushing master into development:

refusing to allow a GitHub App to create or update workflow .github/workflows/build.yml without workflows permission

The merge itself is clean; the push is rejected because the merge includes .github/workflows/* changes.

Validation

• git diff --check
• Executed the updated vendor PR-body generation logic locally against the ⬆️ Update 4 vendored dependencies #3093 version set and verified:
  • fourth Build Status column exists
  • four vendor-specific <details> blocks exist
  • four check-runs status shields exist
  • no GitHub release-version shields remain
  • Release notes · Compare changes is restored
  • no bottom View full changes between... commit-diff link remains
• Dry-ran git merge --no-ff upstream/master --no-commit into upstream/development; merge was conflict-free.

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