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Pull request overview

This PR refactors HexManager to use vendored (submodule) hexpansion apps instead of in-repo EEPROM sources, adds support for a separate friendly_name stored in the EEPROM header, and improves UX/error reporting (startup warnings + paginated messages). It also adds EEPROM geometry probing for blank chips and updates dev/release tooling to build external app artifacts.

Changes:

• Move HexDrive/GPS/etc app sources to vendor/ submodules and update imports, build scripts, and JSON metadata accordingly.
• Add friendly_name to hexpansion type definitions and propagate it into EEPROM header writing + UI rendering.
• Add blank-EEPROM geometry detection + “Scan” UI flow, plus improved startup warning reporting and paginated message display.

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File	Description
hexpansion_mgr.py	Adds EEPROM geometry probing/caching, blank-port scan flow, and friendly_name header usage.
app.py	Adds import-failure reason tracking, startup warning formatting, and message wrapping/pagination with navigation.
hexpansions.json	Updates schema/help text, adds friendly_name, updates/extends hexpansion entries and app metadata.
README.md	Documents friendly_name and new minification pipeline.
dev/minify.py	New minify+compile pipeline for vendor modules.
dev/download_to_device.py	Updates module list to compile vendor modules and optionally invoke minification.
dev/build_release.py	Builds release artifacts while excluding vendored sources from the final bundle.
dev/dev_requirements.txt	Adds dev dependencies for minification and related tooling.
tests/test_smoke.py	Updates vendored imports and adds tests for startup warning pagination + version extraction from sources.
tests/test_serialise.py	Adds Fake I2C probing and tests for geometry detection, scan UI flow, and friendly-name behavior.
tests/conftest.py	Updates HexDrive runtime import to vendored path.
settings_mgr.py	Makes setting persistence safer/cleaner by caching key/index once and early-returning on missing index.
pyproject.toml	Disables pytest cache provider.
.gitmodules	Adds vendor submodules for external apps.
.gitignore	Ignores minifier intermediate artifacts under vendor/.
.gitattributes	Excludes vendor/ from export bundles.
.github/workflows/tests.yml	Updates CI checkout/submodule logic and Python version.
.github/workflows/release.yml	Ensures release workflow checks out submodules recursively.
EEPROM/hexdrive.py	Removed (HexDrive app now vendored).
EEPROM/gps.py	Removed (GPS app now vendored).

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