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Xuanwo 1e5b6deee3 fix(python): support legacy blob query bytes (#4947)
## Summary

- Let local plain queries over row-addressable legacy v1 and v2 blob
columns use `blob_mode="bytes"` without importing `pylance` through
pandas, batch, or Arrow conversion.
- Preserve aliases, filters, ordering, limits, null and empty payloads,
empty result schemas, and the caller's `_rowid` choice.
- Build the hidden row-id query separately so reusing an async builder
for lazy reads or non-blob projections cannot retain an automatic
`_rowid`.
- Keep byte reads closed for blobs inside lists, remote or namespace
pushdown, and query shapes whose result rows cannot be matched back to
the source. Blob v2 lazy auto-row-id behavior is unchanged.

Fixes #4645

## Validation

- 26 focused Python tests passed with the test subprocess blocking all
`lance` imports. The persisted fixture writes and reopens a storage-v2.1
table, then covers sync and async pandas, batches, and Arrow conversion
plus async builder reuse.
- The existing unsupported vector and hybrid reranker regressions now
assert the current eligibility diagnostic, and the legacy table-level
Arrow regression now asserts successful bytes, schema, values, and
hidden row IDs. Both focused tests passed.
- The runtime receipt records no installed `pylance` distribution and no
importable `lance` module. The Python-only change was verified with an
existing compatible 0.42.0b9 extension; the relevant query and fetch
APIs are unchanged between that source and this 0.42.0b10 base.
- Ruff format and lint pass for every changed Python file.
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