HDFS-16730. Update the doc that append to EC files is supported (#4749)

Co-authored-by: Ashutosh Gupta <ashugpt@amazon.com>
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@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ Certain HDFS operations, i.e., `hflush`, `hsync`, `concat`, `setReplication`, `t
are not supported on erasure coded files due to substantial technical
challenges.
* `append()` and `truncate()` on an erasure coded file will throw `IOException`.
* `append()` and `truncate()` on an erasure coded file will throw `IOException`. However, with `NEW_BLOCK` flag enabled, append to a closed striped file is supported.
* `concat()` will throw `IOException` if files are mixed with different erasure
coding policies or with replicated files.
* `setReplication()` is no-op on erasure coded files.