build: bump freebsd version to 14.4 and build-deps to v2026.516.30821

[ReenigneArcher]

Description

Bump FreeBSD version to 14.4 along with a build-deps bump to v2026.516.30821. Some documentation and github template updates also included.

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Issues Fixed or Closed

Roadmap Issues

Type of Change

• feat: New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• fix: Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• docs: Documentation only changes
• style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, missing semicolons, etc.)
• refactor: Code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
• perf: Code change that improves performance
• test: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests
• build: Changes that affect the build system or external dependencies
• ci: Changes to CI configuration files and scripts
• chore: Other changes that don't modify src or test files
• revert: Reverts a previous commit
• BREAKING CHANGE: Introduces a breaking change (can be combined with any type above)

Checklist

• Code follows the style guidelines of this project
• Code has been self-reviewed
• Code has been commented, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• Code docstring/documentation-blocks for new or existing methods/components have been added or updated
• Unit tests have been added or updated for any new or modified functionality

AI Usage

• None: No AI tools were used in creating this PR
• Light: AI provided minor assistance (formatting, simple suggestions)
• Moderate: AI helped with code generation or debugging specific parts
• Heavy: AI generated most or all of the code changes

[codecov]

Bundle Report

Bundle size has no change ✅

[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 17.84%. Comparing base (62579a9) to head (398eb31).
✅ All tests successful. No failed tests found.

Additional details and impacted files

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- Coverage   17.87%   17.84%   -0.03%     
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  Lines       24065    24065              
  Branches    10640    10640              
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- Hits         4302     4295       -7     
- Misses      14631    18247    +3616     
+ Partials     5132     1523    -3609     

Flag	Coverage Δ
Archlinux	11.23% <ø> (ø)
FreeBSD-14.3-aarch64	?
FreeBSD-14.3-amd64	?
FreeBSD-amd64	13.36% <ø> (?)
Homebrew-ubuntu-22.04	13.58% <ø> (ø)
Linux-AppImage	12.15% <ø> (ø)
Windows-AMD64	14.89% <ø> (ø)
Windows-ARM64	13.23% <ø> (+<0.01%)	⬆️
macOS-arm64	18.99% <ø> (ø)
macOS-x86_64	18.36% <ø> (ø)

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