Update docs for 1.7.0

[robinskil]

This pull request updates the project and documentation versioning from 1.6.x to 1.7.0 across all relevant files. The changes ensure consistency in version references for both the codebase and the documentation, making it clear that 1.7.0 is now the latest release.

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Pull request overview

This PR advances the repository’s release/docs versioning to 1.7.0, updating the public documentation site to treat 1.7.0 as the latest and aligning Rust crate versions/lockfile accordingly.

Changes:

• Update top-level docs links (README + docs landing page) and VitePress navigation/sidebar to point to /docs/1.7.0/....
• Add a new, versioned documentation set under docs/docs/1.7.0/ (SQL guide, data lake, REST API, connection guides, etc.) and update the changelog for v1.7.0.
• Bump crate versions to 1.7.0 across multiple workspace crates and update Cargo.lock.

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File	Description
README.md	Updates documentation links to the 1.7.0 docs paths.
docs/index.md	Updates homepage hero links to the 1.7.0 docs.
docs/docs/changelog/index.md	Adds the v1.7.0 changelog section and updates versioned links.
docs/docs/1.7.0/introduction.md	Introduces the 1.7.0 “Introduction” doc page.
docs/docs/1.7.0/getting-started.md	Adds a 1.7.0 getting started guide (Docker + S3 examples).
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/index.md	Adds the 1.7.0 SQL guide landing page.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/select.md	Adds 1.7.0 SELECT documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/where.md	Adds 1.7.0 WHERE documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/group-by.md	Adds 1.7.0 GROUP BY documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/join.md	Adds 1.7.0 JOIN documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/table-functions.md	Adds 1.7.0 table functions documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/table-functions-utility.md	Adds 1.7.0 introspection/utility table function docs.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/union-by-name.md	Adds 1.7.0 UNION ALL BY NAME documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/function-reference.md	Adds 1.7.0 function reference docs.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/create-table.md	Adds 1.7.0 CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/create-view.md	Adds 1.7.0 CREATE VIEW documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/create-materialized-view.md	Adds 1.7.0 CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/sql/managed-tables.md	Adds 1.7.0 managed tables (Iceberg) documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/data-lake/index.md	Adds 1.7.0 data lake section landing page.
docs/docs/1.7.0/data-lake/datasets.md	Adds 1.7.0 supported formats documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/data-lake/external-tables.md	Adds 1.7.0 external tables documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/data-lake/view.md	Adds 1.7.0 views documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/data-lake/collections.md	Adds 1.7.0 collections documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/data-lake/configuration.md	Adds 1.7.0 data-lake configuration reference.
docs/docs/1.7.0/data-lake/performance-tuning.md	Adds 1.7.0 performance tuning documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/connect/jetbrains-datagrip.md	Adds 1.7.0 DataGrip connection instructions.
docs/docs/1.7.0/connect/python-adbc.md	Adds 1.7.0 Python ADBC connection instructions.
docs/docs/1.7.0/connect/beacon-python-sdk.md	Adds 1.7.0 Beacon Python SDK docs pointer and usage examples.
docs/docs/1.7.0/connect/beacon-cli.md	Adds 1.7.0 Beacon CLI documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/api/index.md	Adds 1.7.0 REST API docs landing page.
docs/docs/1.7.0/api/exploring-data-lake.md	Adds 1.7.0 data-lake exploration API docs.
docs/docs/1.7.0/api/querying/index.md	Adds 1.7.0 querying overview (SQL + JSON DSL).
docs/docs/1.7.0/api/querying/sql.md	Adds 1.7.0 SQL querying documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/api/querying/json.md	Adds 1.7.0 JSON DSL querying documentation.
docs/docs/1.7.0/api/querying/examples.md	Adds 1.7.0 copy/paste query examples.
docs/.vitepress/config.mts	Updates docs navigation/sidebar to set 1.7.0 as latest.
Cargo.lock	Updates locked crate versions to 1.7.0.
beacon-api/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-arrow-netcdf/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-arrow-odv/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-arrow-zarr/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-common/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-config/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-core/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-data-lake/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-datafusion-ext/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-formats/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-functions/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-iceberg/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-object-storage/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-planner/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.
beacon-query/Cargo.toml	Bumps crate version to 1.7.0.

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