Document migration-on-deploy contract for plugin schema changes

A plugin model change that references a column its migration has not applied yet 500s every query on that table. Make the deploy order explicit: run flask db upgrade then flask plugin upgrade-all before serving traffic, and require model+migration to ship together.
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`migrations/versions/`; each plugin owns its own chain under
`plugins/<name>/migrations/`. New schema = a new migration with an idempotent
guard and a real downgrade. Migrations must run clean on strict MySQL 8.
Any model column/table change ships WITH its migration in the SAME change, and
bringing up a new image MUST run `flask db upgrade` then
`flask plugin upgrade-all` before serving traffic. A model that references a
column its migration has not applied yet 500s every query on that table
(`1054 Unknown column`), so code and schema must never be deployed out of step.
- **Asset model is the platform contract.** Physical things are an `Asset` plus a
plugin subtype row linked by `assetid` (FK, `ON DELETE CASCADE`). Consumables
with quantities are standalone tables, not assets.