Merge branch 'master' into merge/upstream-full

Resolve conflicts after master gained the flat-file database backend,
AI client, and other cproof-fork features:

- CHANGELOG: keep cproof-fork unreleased section atop full upstream
  history (0.17.0 / 0.16.0 / 0.15.1)
- src/command/cmd_ac.c: keep both upstream spellcheck AC and cproof
  /history switch|verify|export|import autocompletion
- src/config/preferences.c: merge upstream [spellcheck] group with the
  cproof [ai]/[ai/<provider>] groups
- src/database.c: take master (thin dispatcher); upstream SQLite
  improvements (v3 migration, auto_gchar) belong in database_sqlite.c
  and will land in a follow-up commit
- src/tools/autocomplete.c: take upstream unescape of search_str
- src/ui/statusbar.c: keep guint signatures (per project preference)
  and adapt _status_bar_draw_dbbackend to guint as well
- src/xmpp/jid.c: combine the new jid_is_valid/jid_is_valid_user_jid
  with the "(null)" legacy-placeholder guard in
  jid_create_from_bare_and_resource; use auto_gchar
- tests/functionaltests/proftest.c: keep unsigned-safe pre-check on
  output_len before subtracting OUTPUT_BUF_SIZE
- tests/unittests/unittests.c: keep upstream subdirectory include
  layout plus cproof-only test_ai_client/database_export/database_stress
- tests/unittests/test_jid.c: drop orphan top-level copy (the
  restructured version lives in tests/unittests/xmpp/test_jid.c)

Upstream is included up to 1ac05754b (release 0.18.0 era). Follow-up:
pull 1ac05754b..upstream/master (esp. 42a849d16 db migration fix and
4749645c7 receipt-request restore), and adapt the SQLite improvements
into database_sqlite.c.

tests/unittests/ui/stub_ai.c

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * stub_ai.c - Stubs for AI window functions
+ */
+
+#include "ui/window.h"
+#include "ai/ai_client.h"
+
+ProfWin*
+win_create_ai(AISession* session)
+{
+    /* Return NULL to simulate failure in unit tests */
+    (void)session;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+void
+aiwin_display_response(ProfAiWin* win, const char* response)
+{
+    /* Stub: do nothing */
+    (void)win;
+    (void)response;
+}
+
+void
+aiwin_display_error(ProfAiWin* win, const char* error_msg)
+{
+    /* Stub: do nothing */
+    (void)win;
+    (void)error_msg;
+}
+
+void
+win_print_outgoing(ProfWin* window, const char* show_char, const char* const id, const char* const replace_id, const char* const message)
+{
+    /* Stub: do nothing */
+    (void)window;
+    (void)show_char;
+    (void)id;
+    (void)replace_id;
+    (void)message;
+}