TASK 48: distribution & packaging is deferred until we are near v1

Creator ruling 2026-10-26: the remaining programming work is far from
release and a complete UX redesign is about to start, so packaging,
signing, installer and updater decisions would be chasing scope that is
about to move. The task is deferred, not cancelled.

Recorded what is frozen: TASK 48 items 6-8, the signing decision, the
updater choice (Velopack's deletion left no update path, and
StorePackagingTests currently vetoes a new one), and the route question
itself - ai.md says the Store route is dead (direct + Steam) while
TASKS.md/task-48/HANDOFF still read Store MSIX + Store IAP. That
contradiction is to be settled in ONE sweep at the revisit, not patched
piecemeal now.

TASKS/task-48-distribution-msix.md

@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
 > Carved out of TASK 36 item 6 (release engineering) on 2026-09-27 so distribution has one
 > owner instead of three scattered mentions.
 
-**Status:** 🔶 In progress — **✅ ROUTE DECIDED 2026-09-27: Microsoft Store MSIX + Store IAP.**
+**Status:** ⏸ **DEFERRED 2026-10-26 (creator ruling) — revisit near v1, not now.** This file is the
+record of what was decided and built, not an active queue: the remaining programming work is far
+from release and a complete UX redesign comes first. See `TASKS.md` → Open items → the ⏸ TASK 48
+bullet for exactly what is frozen (items 6-8, signing, updater, and the route contradiction against
+`ai.md`). Do not start or re-litigate any of it before that revisit.
+
+**Historical status:** 🔶 In progress — **✅ ROUTE DECIDED 2026-09-27: Microsoft Store MSIX + Store IAP.**
 Polar is deleted; every licensing subsystem goes with it.
 
 **Goal:** get LlamaCasty in front of a user without a SmartScreen scarewall, ideally without