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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6644: primitives: Add serde impls for `WitnessVersion`

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Authored by Andrew Poelstra

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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6644: primitives: Add serde impls for `WitnessVersion`

3f4adcb9c64a0165b270d7636d9469c0894a6157 Update API files (Mitchell Bagot)
394a351c38dc0b05ad2cd3a8b23fa8f96a30e65f Add tests to cover new serde traits (Mitchell Bagot)
ffbdf5729dc87587782883d1895cb5de4d292240 Add serde impls for WitnessVersion (Mitchell Bagot)

Pull request description:

The WitnessVersion type in primitives should have serde trait impls, per the C-SERDE guideline.

Add serde Serialize and Deserialize impls for WitnessVersion.

Contributes to #6630


ACKs for top commit:
tcharding:
ACK 3f4adcb9c64a0165b270d7636d9469c0894a6157
apoelstra:
ACK 3f4adcb9c64a0165b270d7636d9469c0894a6157; successfully ran local tests


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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds standard serialization/deserialization support for the WitnessVersion type when the optional serde feature is enabled. It is a routine feature addition with no security relevance visible in the code or commit message.

Recommended action

No security action required; review as normal feature code.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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