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docs(inputs.hddtemp): Document hddtemp removal and alternatives (#15658)

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@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ This plugin reads data from hddtemp daemon.
Hddtemp should be installed and its daemon running.
## OS Support & Alternatives
This plugin depends on the availability of the `hddtemp` binary. The upstream
project is not active and Debian made the decision to remove it in Debian
Bookworm. This means the rest of the Debian ecosystem no longer has this binary
in later releases, like Ubuntu 22.04.
As an alternative consider using the [`smartctl` plugin]. This parses the full
JSON output from `smartctl`, which includes temperature data, in addition to
much more data about devices in a system.
[`smartctl` plugin]: ../smartctl/README.md
## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support