docs(quest): drop suffix-based routing from the wildcard line

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Problem

Maintainer decision: suffix-based routing is no longer planned.

The wildcard line already settled on prefix claims (#4159, #4218, #4279), but its README still describes the rule as specificity tiers and mentions suffix claims in two places. The relay cluster doc also still says non-prefix pattern resolution is coming.

Approach

Text only. The wording matches the main PR (#4382), so the line merges cleanly.

• quest/m1/wildcard/README.md
  • Goal: the longest covering prefix wins, and prices compete only among claims of the same prefix. The "specificity tier" wording is gone, and so is "the three pattern shapes".
  • Plan: drops "a suffix or catch-all claim is expressed as the widest prefix that covers it". The catch-all is simply the root prefix.
  • Priced decision: the standby floor applies to claims of the same prefix, not "equal specificity".
  • "Where derived output lives": drops the sentence about **/transcode.pro collapsing to the root. The mirrored-prefix layout stays as the plan.
• doc/bin/relay/cluster.md
  • "Wildcard advertisements" is now "Prefix advertisements".
  • Routing prefers the longest covering prefix, not "the most specific pattern".
  • Drops "Resolving a non-prefix pattern into a subscription is not implemented yet".

Impact

• Public API: none.
• Wire: none.
• Code already on this line (spread hash, reply-named origin) is prefix pooling, not suffix routing, so it is unchanged.

Alternatives

• Also update the stale path-patterns, processor, and broadcast-epoch copies on this branch. Not done here: docs(quest): drop suffix-based routing from the plans #4382 fixes them on main, and they arrive when main is merged into the line.

Follow-ups

• The line still lives at quest/m1/wildcard/ while main moved it to quest/m0/wildcard/ (quest: plan cluster routing, update dedupe, and the local origin #4213). Merging main into the line will need that move resolved.

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Merge summary:

• Text only: the wildcard line's README and doc/bin/relay/cluster.md now describe prefix claims (longest covering prefix wins, prices compete within the same prefix) and drop suffix routing. The wording matches docs(quest): drop suffix-based routing from the plans #4382.
• CI green. Codex reviewed head f348562 with no findings (thumbs up). No open review threads.
• quest check fails on this questline branch, but the output is identical on the base (quest/m1/wildcard/README), so this PR adds no errors. The branch predates the newer quest format; it clears when main is merged into the line, which also needs the quest/m1/wildcard to quest/m0/wildcard move from quest: plan cluster routing, update dedupe, and the local origin #4213 resolved.
• Maintainer approved the merge.

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