refactor: delete exec-server and move execve wrapper into shell-escalation (#12632)

## Why

We already plan to remove the shell-tool MCP path, and doing that
cleanup first makes the follow-on `shell-escalation` work much simpler.

This change removes the last remaining reason to keep
`codex-rs/exec-server` around by moving the `codex-execve-wrapper`
binary and shared shell test fixtures to the crates/tests that now own
that functionality.

## What Changed

### Delete `codex-rs/exec-server`

- Remove the `exec-server` crate, including the MCP server binary,
MCP-specific modules, and its test support/test suite
- Remove `exec-server` from the `codex-rs` workspace and update
`Cargo.lock`

### Move `codex-execve-wrapper` into `codex-rs/shell-escalation`

- Move the wrapper implementation into `shell-escalation`
(`src/unix/execve_wrapper.rs`)
- Add the `codex-execve-wrapper` binary entrypoint under
`shell-escalation/src/bin/`
- Update `shell-escalation` exports/module layout so the wrapper
entrypoint is hosted there
- Move the wrapper README content from `exec-server` to
`shell-escalation/README.md`

### Move shared shell test fixtures to `app-server`

- Move the DotSlash `bash`/`zsh` test fixtures from
`exec-server/tests/suite/` to `app-server/tests/suite/`
- Update `app-server` zsh-fork tests to reference the new fixture paths

### Keep `shell-tool-mcp` as a shell-assets package

- Update `.github/workflows/shell-tool-mcp.yml` packaging so the npm
artifact contains only patched Bash/Zsh payloads (no Rust binaries)
- Update `shell-tool-mcp/package.json`, `shell-tool-mcp/src/index.ts`,
and docs to reflect the shell-assets-only package shape
- `shell-tool-mcp-ci.yml` does not need changes because it is already
JS-only

## Verification

- `cargo shear`
- `cargo clippy -p codex-shell-escalation --tests`
- `just clippy`
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## Package Contents
This package wraps the `codex-exec-mcp-server` binary and its helpers so that the shell MCP can be invoked via `npx -y @openai/codex-shell-tool-mcp`. It bundles:
This package currently publishes shell binaries only. It bundles:
- `codex-exec-mcp-server` and `codex-execve-wrapper` built for macOS (arm64, x64) and Linux (musl arm64, musl x64).
- A patched Bash that honors `EXEC_WRAPPER`, built for multiple glibc baselines (Ubuntu 24.04/22.04/20.04, Debian 12/11, CentOS-like 9) and macOS (15/14/13).
- A launcher (`bin/mcp-server.js`) that picks the correct binaries for the current `process.platform` / `process.arch`, specifying `--execve` and `--bash` for the MCP, as appropriate.
- A patched zsh with `EXEC_WRAPPER` support for the same supported target triples.
See [the README in the Codex repo](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/exec-server/README.md) for details.
It does not currently include the Rust MCP server binaries.
See [the README in the Codex repo](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/shell-escalation/README.md) for details.