Clarify installer upgrade fallback

[vibeforge1111]

Summary

• Make the install page fallback boundary explicit: use installer upgrade mode only if spark update is unavailable or broken.
• Carry the same guidance into install safety docs and command metadata.
• Add a release-surface regression so the fallback cannot drift back into sounding like a normal update path.

Tests

• node scripts/check-security-release-surface.mjs
• node scripts/check-docs-readiness.mjs
• git diff --check

Browser Proof

• Served the site locally at http://127.0.0.1:4173/install/.
• Verified with Computer Use in Chrome that the expanded fallback section shows the new text and remains readable.

Live Runtime Notes

• Site-only copy/docs change. No Spark runtime mirror needed.

Evidence Packet

• Prompt: User asked to make old-install fallback more discoverable on the website and guide it as a fallback, not a normal update path.
• Classification: Installer website readability and recovery-path ambiguity.
• Regression: scripts/check-security-release-surface.mjs now requires the explicit fallback boundary in the install page, install safety docs, rendered install safety page, and command metadata.
• Remaining risk: This PR does not publish the site; publishing machine should deploy after merge.

[vibeforge1111]

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Spark Compete packet repair needed

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[vibeforge1111]

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