Add Blueprint::vectorIndex() and Blueprint::dropVectorIndex() as aliases, deprecate vectorSearchIndex()

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      The Schema\Blueprint class currently exposes searchIndex() / dropSearchIndex() for Atlas Search and vectorSearchIndex() for Atlas Vector Search. Adding shorter aliases improves developer experience and API consistency, while deprecating the verbose vectorSearchIndex() method.

      Changes:
      * Add vectorIndex(array $definition, string $name = 'default') as an alias for vectorSearchIndex(), which will be deprecated
      * Add dropVectorIndex(string $name) as an alias for dropSearchIndex() scoped to vector indexes
      * Deprecate vectorSearchIndex() in favor of vectorIndex()

      Proposed API:

      Schema::create\('collection', function \(Blueprint $collection\) {
          $collection\->vectorIndex\(\[...\], 'my\_vector\_index'\);
      }\);
      
      Schema::table\('collection', function \(Blueprint $collection\) {
          $collection\->dropVectorIndex\('my\_vector\_index'\);
      }\);
      

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              Reporter:
              Jérôme Tamarelle
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