Build/Test Tools: Remove the unused check-node-version dependency.

[mukeshpanchal27]

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65857

check-node-version is listed in the root devDependencies, but nothing in core uses it. No npm script, Grunt task, file under tools/ or GitHub Actions workflow refers to it.

r43321 added the package to check the installed Node.js and npm versions. The next changeset, r43322, removed that check because it threw errors. The dependency stayed and kept receiving version bumps. Node.js versions are now managed through .nvmrc.

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🟢 Approval recommended

The narrow dependency removal is consistent across both files, with no unresolved findings.

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What changed in this PR

Removes an unused build dependency from WordPress Core’s root npm configuration.

Changes:

• Removes check-node-version from the development dependencies and the lockfile’s root dependency list.

File	Description
package.json	Removes the direct development dependency.
package-lock.json	Keeps the root lockfile dependencies in sync.

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