drop changelog gate's soft warning, keep 60-word hard cap

The 40-word warning never blocked a push, so eight bullets had drifted
over it. A warning the gate emits and the process ignores just
normalises drift, so it's gone — only the 60-word fail remains.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Entries should be short imperative phrases that describe user-facing impact —
### Be concise — this is the rule, not a suggestion
CHANGELOG entries must be **one or two short sentences**. Strict ceiling: **40 words per bullet**, hard cap at 60. If you can't say it in one line wrapped at ~75 columns, you're writing the wrong document.
CHANGELOG entries must be **one or two short sentences**. Hard cap: **60 words per bullet** (enforced by `ci/changelog_gate.sh`). Aim for 30 or under; if you can't say it in one line wrapped at ~75 columns, you're writing the wrong document.
The CHANGELOG is read by humans scanning for what changed between two versions. It is **not** the place for the rationale, the probe results, the implementation detail, the behavior-change deep dive, or the "see also" cross-references. Those belong in: