Update CONTRIBUTING with new Windows code signing info #3055
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The changes in #3050 make this part of the CONTRIBUTING doc out-of-date and in need of update.
I'm a little hand-wavy in terms of what I've written here since manual signing is surely still possible but I've never attempted it in this new world order since it would require purchasing the special FIPS/YubiKey hardware. Likewise I'm sure other signing services could be made to work just like we did with eSigner, but I have no clue if they're similar/easy/hard. Therefore I've chosen to effectively point at what we've done with eSigner as a reference, leave it up to the reader to make it work for their alternatives, and invite them to share what they learned since it might help others (or us if we need to switch approaches in the future).
Ultimately I'm guessing most community members aren't signing builds so maybe this is all moot, but at least we're not pointing at stuff that won't work anymore. 😄