`transfer_authority` is marked Deprecated but is still a live one-step-to-a-dead-address footgun

[Jaydbrown]

contracts/governor/src/lib.rs transfer_authority doc: "Deprecated: Use propose_authority + accept_authority instead". It is still fully callable by any Admin, emits no deprecation event, and hands Admin to new_authority in a single call with no proof that address can sign — exactly the risk the 2-step flow was added to remove. Either remove it, or gate it behind an explicit "I understand" parameter and emit a distinct event.

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