Say that a symlink is recorded, not read

A new or changed symlink goes through recordNonRegularFile in the
scanner and is never opened. README.md, ARCHITECTURE.md and
docs/DATAMODEL.md now say so where they describe what a backup reads,
and README.md no longer lists a changed link target as a reason to
read a file.

Model: fable-5-1
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@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ A new `Scanner` is created for each snapshot, from `ScannerFactory`. It owns a
had and that are now gone.
- `batchAddFilesToSnapshot` records the unchanged files in the new snapshot.
- `recordDirectories` records every directory, and the mount points found.
- `processPhase` reads each changed file and stores it.
- `processPhase` reads each changed regular file and stores it. It records each
changed symlink.
The walk handles each kind of entry differently: