fix(node): support Apache Arrow 19 through 21 and run the library on each

Builds on #4359 (which added the Arrow 19-21 test aliases) and makes the
package genuinely work across the whole peer range:

* Resolve the library's own `apache-arrow` to 21.2.0 (devDependency) so
  the main CI jobs build, type-check and test on the newest release, and
  widen the peer range to `>=15.0.0 <22.0.0` instead of an exact pin.
* Add a CI job that re-installs with `apache-arrow` resolved to 19.0.1 and
  20.0.0 and runs the suite, covering what a consumer on those versions
  gets.
* Arrow 21 overrides `Symbol.hasInstance` on Schema/Field/Table/RecordBatch/
  Data so `instanceof` matches objects from another copy of the library,
  but not on DataType. The sanitizer's short-circuits therefore returned
  foreign schemas unchanged and Arrow's builders then failed with
  "Unrecognized type 'NONE'". Check the real prototype chain instead.
* Sanitize the types added in Arrow 20/21 (LargeList, Utf8View, BinaryView,
  IntervalMonthDayNano), looked up dynamically so the library still compiles
  and runs on older Arrow releases, with a clear error when the installed
  Arrow lacks the type. Carry `variadicBuffers` through `Data`.
* Loosen `FieldLike` so a branded DataType from another Arrow copy still
  type-checks; export the new `DataTypeLike`.
* Share the Arrow version list between test files, exercise embedding
  function types per version in the registry tests, and add sanitize and
  end-to-end coverage for the new column types.
* Enable `skipLibCheck`: flatbuffers 25 (via Arrow 21) ships declarations
  that need TypeScript 5.7+.
* Record the new dev dependencies in the third-party license inventory.

Co-Authored-By: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/src/js/classes/AutoQuery.md

@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ input to this method would be:
 
 #### Parameters
 
-* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Record`<`string`, `string`> \| `Map`<`string`, `string`>
+* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Map`<`string`, `string`> \| `Record`<`string`, `string`>
 
 #### Returns
 

docs/src/js/classes/Query.md

@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ input to this method would be:
 
 #### Parameters
 
-* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Record`<`string`, `string`> \| `Map`<`string`, `string`>
+* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Map`<`string`, `string`> \| `Record`<`string`, `string`>
 
 #### Returns
 

docs/src/js/classes/QueryBase.md

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ input to this method would be:
 
 #### Parameters
 
-* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Record`<`string`, `string`> \| `Map`<`string`, `string`>
+* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Map`<`string`, `string`> \| `Record`<`string`, `string`>
 
 #### Returns
 

docs/src/js/classes/Table.md

@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ repeatedly calling this method.
 
 ##### Parameters
 
-* **updates**: `Record`<`string`, `string`> \| `Map`<`string`, `string`>
+* **updates**: `Map`<`string`, `string`> \| `Record`<`string`, `string`>
     the
     columns to update
 

docs/src/js/classes/TakeQuery.md

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ input to this method would be:
 
 #### Parameters
 
-* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Record`<`string`, `string`> \| `Map`<`string`, `string`>
+* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Map`<`string`, `string`> \| `Record`<`string`, `string`>
 
 #### Returns
 

docs/src/js/classes/VectorQuery.md

@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ input to this method would be:
 
 #### Parameters
 
-* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Record`<`string`, `string`> \| `Map`<`string`, `string`>
+* **columns**: `string` \| `string`[] \| `Map`<`string`, `string`> \| `Record`<`string`, `string`>
 
 #### Returns
 

docs/src/js/globals.md

@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
 - [BlobReadOptions](type-aliases/BlobReadOptions.md)
 - [Data](type-aliases/Data.md)
 - [DataLike](type-aliases/DataLike.md)
+- [DataTypeLike](type-aliases/DataTypeLike.md)
 - [FieldLike](type-aliases/FieldLike.md)
 - [IntoSql](type-aliases/IntoSql.md)
 - [IntoVector](type-aliases/IntoVector.md)

docs/src/js/interfaces/CherryPickResult.md

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ preview: CherryPickPreview;
 
 ```ts
 status:
-  | "failed"
-  | "unknown"
   | "ready"
+  | "failed"
   | "notImplemented"
-  | "cherryPicked";
+  | "cherryPicked"
+  | "unknown";
 ```

docs/src/js/interfaces/DropNamespaceOptions.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Refuse to drop if non-empty (restrict) or drop recursively (cascade).
 ### mode?
 
 ```ts
-optional mode: "fail" | "skip";
+optional mode: "skip" | "fail";
 ```
 
 Whether to skip if the namespace doesn't exist, or fail.

docs/src/js/namespaces/embedding/classes/EmbeddingFunction.md

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ new EmbeddingFunction<T, M>(): EmbeddingFunction<T, M>
 ### computeQueryEmbeddings()
 
 ```ts
-computeQueryEmbeddings(data): Promise<number[] | Uint8Array | Float32Array | Float64Array>
+computeQueryEmbeddings(data): Promise<Float32Array | Float64Array | Uint8Array | number[]>
 ```
 
 Compute the embeddings for a single query
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Compute the embeddings for a single query
 
 #### Returns
 
-`Promise`&lt;`number`[] \| `Uint8Array` \| `Float32Array` \| `Float64Array`&gt;
+`Promise`&lt;`Float32Array` \| `Float64Array` \| `Uint8Array` \| `number`[]&gt;
 
 ***
 

docs/src/js/namespaces/embedding/classes/TextEmbeddingFunction.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ new TextEmbeddingFunction<M>(): TextEmbeddingFunction<M>
 ### computeQueryEmbeddings()
 
 ```ts
-computeQueryEmbeddings(data): Promise<number[] | Uint8Array | Float32Array | Float64Array>
+computeQueryEmbeddings(data): Promise<Float32Array | Float64Array | Uint8Array | number[]>
 ```
 
 Compute the embeddings for a single query
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Compute the embeddings for a single query
 
 #### Returns
 
-`Promise`&lt;`number`[] \| `Uint8Array` \| `Float32Array` \| `Float64Array`&gt;
+`Promise`&lt;`Float32Array` \| `Float64Array` \| `Uint8Array` \| `number`[]&gt;
 
 #### Overrides
 

docs/src/js/type-aliases/DataTypeLike.md

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
+
+***
+
+[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / DataTypeLike
+
+# Type Alias: DataTypeLike
+
+```ts
+type DataTypeLike: DataType | object;
+```
+
+A `DataType` from any copy or version of apache-arrow.
+
+Arrow 21 brands its classes with `unique symbol` properties, so a type
+object from a second copy of the library no longer satisfies the `DataType`
+type of this one even though it is structurally identical. Inputs that only
+need to be sanitized accept this looser shape instead.