Document direct compress table option and compaction policy (2.29.0)

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Documents two related TimescaleDB 2.29.0 additions: the per-hypertable tsdb.direct_compress / timescaledb.direct_compress option, and the compaction policy that backs it (add_compaction_policy() / remove_compaction_policy()). Compaction is framed as something direct compress sets up for you rather than a policy to configure routinely, since unordered chunks essentially only come from direct compress.

Dev PRs:

• timescale/timescaledb#10240 — adds the direct_compress table option
• timescale/timescaledb#10281 — exclusion constraints also disable direct compress
• timescale/timescaledb#10163 — adds the compaction policy
• timescale/timescaledb#9957 — adds compact_chunk() (internal, not documented)
• timescale/timescaledb#10266 — adds max_batches

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