docs: clarify Lance format stability#7475
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I think this is fine but we should probably be more specific that we are only talking about the file format here.
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Lance releases frequently, which can make users worry that the Lance format itself is unstable. This PR updates the README to distinguish SDK/API release cadence from the dataset
data_storage_versioncompatibility contract.It explicitly states that stable storage versions remain readable by future Lance releases, that a dataset's storage version is fixed at creation, and that
nextis only for experimentation.