fix(python)!: align synchronous table method signatures (#4498)

Closes #4396.

Calls written against `Table` can fail or bind different arguments when
used with `RemoteTable`. Align the affected sync signatures, positional
order, and defaults; preserve renamed remote keywords as deprecated
aliases. Share legacy vector configuration and tokenizer inference,
forward index tuning and timeout options, and accept `fast_search`
consistently.

Preserve current upstream conversion behavior: local
`to_polars(batch_size=...)` returns a LazyFrame; remote tables accept
the same argument signature but raise the documented
unsupported-operation error and direct callers to
`table.search().to_polars()`. The abstract `Table` method retains its
unsupported-operation error, with the implementation confined to
`LanceTable`.

Regression coverage checks argument binding, deprecated aliases, option
forwarding, native behavior through both wrappers, HTTP index requests,
and remote conversion rejection. The merge preserves current tokenizer
defaults, remote query defaults, HNSW-PQ support, and
unsupported-operation handling.

Runtime validation at `c4fb01f2` (Linux x86_64, uv-managed Python
3.12.15):
- Focused Ruff lint and formatting passed for all four changed Python
files.
- Rebuilt and installed the current native extension successfully with
the repository's `ci` Cargo profile.
- Seven regression suites passed: `test_errors.py`,
`test_table_signatures.py`, `test_remote_db.py`, `test_table.py`,
`test_index.py`, `test_fts.py`, and `test_query.py`: **874 passed, 1
deselected**, with slow and S3 tests excluded.
- CI caught an abstract-base conversion regression in the initial merge.
The existing error-contract test reproduced it locally (1 failed, 7
passed); restoring the implementation to `LanceTable` fixes it while
preserving signature parity.
- Full-root Ruff reports 49 lint errors and 11 files needing formatting,
all in unchanged upstream `docs/web-tests` files. The four changed
Python files pass both checks.
- Validated against upstream `197403e8`, using Lance 15.0.0-beta.1 and
LanceDB 0.41.0-beta.14 bindings.

Historical validation before this merge: 618 tests passed and one was
deselected. That result does not establish correctness of the current
merge. The original client-side reproduction produced nine
argument-binding errors without contacting a server; the initial
regression suite failed 32 cases before the fix and passed 39 after it.

Documentation review follow-up: restored the `batch_size` parameter
description on the abstract `Table.to_polars` method so it appears in
the public API reference. This adds six docstring lines and changes no
runtime behavior. After this edit, all 47 focused error-contract and
signature tests pass; changed-file Ruff lint/format and `git diff
--check` pass. Repository-wide Ruff still reports the same 49 findings
and 11 formatting files in unchanged `docs/web-tests`. The full
documentation site and seven-suite runtime run were not repeated for
this documentation-only follow-up.

The reported ARM64 production-server deployment has not been recreated.
HTTP integration tests use the repository's local mock server.

BREAKING CHANGE: Remote synchronous table methods now use the positional
argument order and defaults documented by `Table`. Migrate calls using
the former remote-only positional order to named arguments, particularly
`create_index` and `search`; pass `index_type` by keyword to
`create_scalar_index`. Remote scalar and vector index creation now
default to `replace=True`; specify `replace=False` to retain rejection
of an existing index. Renamed remote keywords remain supported as
deprecated aliases, as documented above.

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Co-authored-by: Xuanwo <github@xuanwo.io>

docs/src/python/python.md

@@ -297,6 +297,25 @@ listing a storage directory.
 
 ## Tables (Synchronous)
 
+Local and remote tables use the same arguments for index creation, deletion,
+index statistics, and search. For example, `table.delete(where="id = 1")`,
+`table.create_index("cosine", 2)` (the deprecated vector API), and
+`table.search([1.0, 1.0], fast_search=True)` work with either backend.
+`fast_search=True` excludes rows that have not been indexed.
+
+`create_scalar_index` defaults to `replace=True` on both backends. Both scalar
+and full-text index creation accept `wait_timeout`. Remote maintenance methods
+accept the local options: cleanup and compaction warn that they are no-ops,
+while `optimize` reports an unsupported operation. Removed Tantivy options
+produce the same explanatory errors on both backends.
+
+The old remote keyword names `predicate` for `delete`, `index_name` for
+`drop_index`, `index_uuid` for `index_stats`, and `column` for `create_fts_index`
+remain available with deprecation warnings. Use `where`, `name`, `index_name`,
+and `field_names`, respectively. For positional calls, use the argument order
+documented by `Table` below; specify index options by keyword when migrating
+code that used the former remote-only argument order.
+
 ::: lancedb.table.Table
 
 ::: lancedb.table.FragmentStatistics