Implement distributed processing for Iceberg $partitions metadata table

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Problem

The Iceberg $partitions metadata table was processing partition statistics on a single coordinator node, causing performance bottlenecks for tables with many partitions. Users reported that scanning the $partitions table was actually slower than scanning the underlying Iceberg table data itself, defeating the purpose of metadata optimization.

Solution

This PR implements distributed processing for the $partitions metadata table by following the same architectural pattern established in #25677 for the $files table.

Key Changes

Distribution Model

• Changed PartitionsTable.getDistribution() from SINGLE_COORDINATOR to ALL_NODES
• Added splitSource() implementation to create distributed splits for partition processing

New Distributed Processing Classes

• PartitionsTableSplitSource - Creates splits by batching file scan tasks for distributed processing
• PartitionsTableSplit - Lightweight split containing serialized file metadata and schema information
• PartitionsTablePageSource - Processes partition splits on worker nodes and aggregates statistics

Integration

• Updated IcebergPageSourceProvider to handle PartitionsTableSplit instances
• Maintains full API compatibility while enabling horizontal scaling

Architecture

The implementation distributes partition statistics computation across all worker nodes instead of bottlenecking on the coordinator:

1. Split Creation: File scan tasks are grouped into batches and distributed as splits
2. Worker Processing: Each worker node processes its assigned partition data independently
3. Result Aggregation: Partition statistics are computed locally and returned as pages

Performance Impact

This change enables the $partitions metadata table to scale horizontally with cluster size, eliminating the coordinator bottleneck that was causing slow metadata queries. For tables with many partitions, query performance should improve significantly as work is distributed across all available nodes.

The implementation follows the exact same pattern as the successful $files table distributed processing (#25677), ensuring consistency and reliability.

Testing

The changes maintain backward compatibility and follow established patterns. The distributed processing is transparent to users - existing queries will work unchanged but with improved performance characteristics.

Fixes performance issues with Iceberg $partitions metadata table scanning as described in the original issue.

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Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Iceberg $partitions data scanning extremely slow</issue_title>
<issue_description>Any thoughts on why scanning iceberg $partitions dat is slower than actually scanning the iceberg table itself?

Im on 475, running on EKS.

Relevant configuration:

additionalConfigProperties:
  - optimizer.optimize-metadata-queries=true
  - query.max-scan-physical-bytes=10GB
  - query.max-execution-time=5m

catalogs:
  glue: |-
    connector.name=iceberg
    iceberg.catalog.type=glue
    s3.region=us-east-1
    fs.native-s3.enabled=true
    fs.cache.enabled=true
    fs.cache.directories=/tmp/trino-cache
    fs.cache.max-sizes=15GB
    fs.cache.ttl=10m
```</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Use https://github.com/trinodb/trino/pull/25677 as an example to implement distributed processing of queries on `$partitions` metadata table in iceberg</agent_instructions>

## Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

<comments>
<comment_new><author>@ebyhr</author><body>
Please follow trinodb/trino#25677 & trinodb/trino#25861</body></comment_new>
<comment_new><author>@raunaqmorarka</author><body>
> when these are in will they contribute to speed increases for metadata only operations like counts and counts within partitions?

`count(*)` queries are already optimized to read only from iceberg metadata.
`count(*)` within partitions will not benefit automatically, but queries explicitly reading from $files will be benefitted.</body></comment_new>
</comments>

Fixes #25986

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