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Docker build fails on Apple Silicon (arm64) — only x86_64 wheels pinned for extractcode-7z, extractcode-libarchive, typecode-libmagic

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Description

## Summary

`docker compose build` fails on native Apple Silicon (arm64) with a pip`ResolutionImpossible` error.
This doesn't seem to be a version conflict but is instead caused due to the pinned versions
of three native dependencies in `requirements.txt` and `requirements-dev.txt` only shipping x86_64 wheels,
with no arm64 or aarch64 build available.

## Environment

- macOS Ventura 13.7.3, Apple Silicon
- Docker via Colima (`--arch aarch64 --vm-type=vz`)
- Fresh clone, no other modifications

## Steps to reproduce

1. Clone the repo on an Apple Silicon Mac
2. `make envfile`
3. `docker compose build`

## Actual behavior
```
ERROR: Cannot install extractcode[full]==31.0.0 because these package versions have conflicting dependencies.

The conflict is caused by:
extractcode[full] 31.0.0 depends on extractcode-7z>=16.5.210525; extra == "full"
The user requested (constraint) extractcode-7z==16.5.210531

ERROR: ResolutionImpossible
```

## Root cause
`requirements.txt` and `requirements-dev.txt` both pin:
- `extractcode-7z==16.5.210531`
- `extractcode-libarchive==3.5.1.210531`
- `typecode-libmagic==5.39.210531`

Checking PyPI, these specific versions publish wheels only for win_amd64,
manylinux1_x86_64, and macosx_10_14_x86_64.
No arm64/aarch64 wheels are available for .210531 for any of the three packages.
On an Apple Silicon host, pip therefore has no compatible wheel
available to satisfy the pinned versions. However, it reports a dependency conflict
rather than clearly indicating that a compatible wheel is unavailable,
which obscures the actual cause of the installation failure.

## Proposed fix
The immediately preceding releases of the same three packages do ship
arm64 wheels, and still satisfy the `>=` minimums that `extractcode[full]`
and `typecode[full]` declare:

| Package | Current pin | Proposed pin | Satisfies declared minimum? |
|---|---|---|---|
| `extractcode-7z` | `16.5.210531` | `16.5.210525` | yes (`>=16.5.210525`) |
| `extractcode-libarchive` | `3.5.1.210531` | `3.5.1.210525` | yes (`>=3.5.1.210525`) |
| `typecode-libmagic` | `5.39.210531` | `5.39.210223` | yes (`>=5.39.210223`) |

This needs to be applied to both `requirements.txt` and `requirements-dev.txt`.
They pin these separately so fixing only one still breaks the other.

## Verification
With the above three-line change in both files:
- `docker compose build` completes natively as arm64
- Full stack (postgres, redis, nginx, web, scheduler, both rqworkers)
boots cleanly
- Test suite: 882 passed, 1 skipped, 1 failed — the one failure is
unrelated and caused by a git-commit-hash injection into `settings.py`

Happy to open a PR with this fix if it's welcome — wanted to inquire
whether there was a reason these specific versions were pinned.

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