docs: describe iLINK's release process in the changelog

The changelog still described the i99dash-era repository and its private
archive. Point it at the release-please flow instead, and state plainly that no
iLINK release has been cut yet.

Author: i99dev

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
-This repository starts with the standalone codebase. Historical release notes are retained with the private archive of the previous repository. Future release entries are managed by release-please from Conventional Commits.
+Release entries below are generated by release-please from Conventional Commits.
+Merging the Release PR it opens is what tags a version and builds the signed
+APK — see [RELEASE.md](RELEASE.md).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-- Run core dashboard, workflow, catalog and English voice features locally without a payment system, login or hosted backend.
-- Preserve the original Android release signer and use an explicit versionCode independent of Git history.
-- Discover opted-in future updates through GitHub Releases; existing backend-based installations need one manual migration update.
-- Enforce mini-app local permissions and WebView boundaries, and handle local voice capture errors and cancellation safely.
-- Adopt the owner-approved MIT License and add standalone development/contribution guidance.
+iLINK's first release has not been cut yet. The codebase runs locally today:
 
-See the [standalone cleanup record](docs/offline-first/standalone-cleanup.md) and [final verification](docs/offline-first/final-verification.md) for the transformation detail, test evidence and remaining physical-device/publication acceptance work. This entry does not announce a published release.
+- Dashboard, workflows, catalogs and English voice work with no account, no
+  payment system and no hosted backend.
+- Every outbound connection sits behind an optional-service switch that ships
+  off; there is no analytics SDK or telemetry.
+- The bundled radio directory browses and searches 212 countries offline.
+- Mini-app permissions are bound to the app ID and the exact bundle digest, and
+  WebView egress is restricted to declared origins.
+- Updates are discovered through GitHub Releases only after the driver opts in,
+  and are verified by package, version, hash and signer before install.
+- MIT licensed, with third-party notices for the bundled fonts, speech model
+  and radio directory.
+
+Physical head-unit acceptance is still open — see
+[final verification](docs/offline-first/final-verification.md) for what is and
+is not proven.