fix(update-check): auto-install patch bumps without SPAWN_AUTO_UPDATE (#3296)
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auto-install to same-major.minor bumps. The intent was "give users control
over feature updates" but the effect was "nobody installs security patches"
because the default became notice-only for everything.

This decouples the two ideas and aligns the policy with semver intent:

  - PATCH bumps (1.0.5 -> 1.0.7, same major.minor): auto-install always,
    no opt-in needed. Patches are reserved for bug fixes and security
    hardening. Blast radius is bounded by semver: no behavior changes,
    no new features, no breaking changes.

  - MINOR / MAJOR bumps (1.0.x -> 1.1.0, 1.x.x -> 2.0.0): respect
    SPAWN_AUTO_UPDATE=1 as opt-in. These can contain behavior changes
    and users should decide when to move to them.

  - SPAWN_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1: new explicit opt-out for CI environments
    or pinned installs that need a fully static CLI.

Caveat — the one-time hurdle: users currently on 1.0.6 won't get 1.0.7
automatically, because they're still running 1.0.6's update-check.ts
which honors the old opt-in gate. Once they reach 1.0.7 via spawn update
(or by setting SPAWN_AUTO_UPDATE=1), every future patch will propagate
automatically and the fleet becomes self-healing on security.

Tests:
- 5 new tests lock in the policy (patch auto without env, minor notice
  without env, minor auto with env, major notice without env, explicit
  opt-out suppresses patch)
- All 21 update-check tests pass (16 existing + 5 new)
- 2109/2109 total suite

Bumps 1.0.6 -> 1.0.7.
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