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Rename manager HTLC forward maps to _legacy

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Authored by Valentine Wallace

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Rename manager HTLC forward maps to _legacy

We have an overarching goal of (mostly) getting rid of ChannelManager
persistence and rebuilding the ChannelManager's state from existing
ChannelMonitors, due to issues when the two structs are out-of-sync on restart.
The main issue that can arise is channel force closure.

Soon we'll be reconstructing these now-legacy maps from Channel data (that will
also be included in ChannelMonitors in future work), so rename them as part of
moving towards not needing to persist them in ChannelManager.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a simple internal renaming of several data structures in the Lightning node's channel manager. It changes variable names like `forward_htlcs` to `forward_htlcs_legacy` and adds comments explaining that these maps are being kept for backward compatibility while the project moves toward rebuilding this state from channel monitors instead. There is no functional behavior change, no bug fix, and no security patch in the diff.

Recommended action

No security action needed. This is a non-functional refactor. Continue normal review/CI.

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Why this scored 14/100

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Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
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