Re: [w3c/permissions] A more modest request() (#158)

@reillyeon Sorry for being unclear. I understand @annevk as suggesting that we add a `permissions.request('accelerometer')`, where developers could only pass a subset of [`PermissionName`](https://w3c.github.io/permissions/#enumdef-permissionname)s to this `request()` function. Leaving out permissions like ["notifications"](https://w3c.github.io/permissions/#dom-permissionname-notifications) is what's not generic.

I believe the [Mozilla thread](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.dev.platform/1YdMiVQ2zaU/discussion) is talking about constraining the old [`devicemotion`](https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-orientation-event-20160818/#devicemotion) events. The new Generic Sensor-based sensors already have natural places to insert the permission request, so maybe we don't need a new request function for them.

... Given that, is there value in asking developers to call a new function in order to keep using the old events? Should we just encourage them to move over to the new API instead?

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