Michael Bolin b20e969f23 npm: remove legacy package artifact synthesis (#23836)
## Why

`rust-release` now publishes `codex-package-<target>.tar.gz` as the
canonical native package payload. npm staging should consume those
archives directly instead of keeping legacy synthesis code that fetched
`rg`, copied standalone binaries, and rebuilt an approximate package
layout.

That also means the package builder should not know the internal shape
of `codex-package`. It should extract and copy the target payload
wholesale so future layout changes stay localized to the archive
producer.

The release job stages `codex`, `codex-responses-api-proxy`, and
`codex-sdk` together, so native artifact download should be filtered,
observable, and shared across component installs. Since that native
hydration is now only used by release staging, keeping a separate
`install_native_deps.py` CLI adds an extra wrapper without a real
caller.

## What Changed

- Removed legacy `codex-package` synthesis and related compatibility
flags from npm staging.
- Folded the remaining native artifact hydration code into
`scripts/stage_npm_packages.py` and deleted
`codex-cli/scripts/install_native_deps.py`.
- Made platform package staging copy the full extracted target directory
instead of enumerating package entries.
- Kept non-`codex-package` native components under their component
directory name instead of using a legacy destination map.
- Split native staging by component set while sharing one
workflow-artifact cache across the invocation.
- Changed workflow artifact download to select target artifacts by name,
print sizes/progress, and reuse cached artifacts.
- Removed the implicit `CI=true` default from `build_npm_package.py`;
local CI-shaped runs should set that environment explicitly.
- Kept `npm pack` cache/log output in its temporary directory so packing
does not write to the user npm cache.

## Verification

- `python3 -m py_compile scripts/stage_npm_packages.py
codex-cli/scripts/build_npm_package.py`
- `python3 -m unittest discover -s scripts/codex_package -p "test_*.py"`
- `scripts/stage_npm_packages.py --help`
- `codex-cli/scripts/build_npm_package.py --help`
- Ran the release-shaped staging command from `rust-release.yml` against
workflow run https://github.com/openai/codex/actions/runs/26240748758
with `CI=true` set locally to match GitHub Actions:

```sh
CI=true python3 ./scripts/stage_npm_packages.py \
  --release-version 0.133.0 \
  --workflow-url https://github.com/openai/codex/actions/runs/26240748758 \
  --package codex \
  --package codex-responses-api-proxy \
  --package codex-sdk
```

That completed successfully, downloaded only the six target artifacts
once, reused the cache for `codex-responses-api-proxy`, and produced all
nine npm tarballs. Generated tarballs and staging/artifact temp dirs
were cleaned afterward.
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