Re: [fetch] Add description for suspension, resuming and garbage collection. (#121)

> @@ -1315,8 +1315,20 @@ <h4 id="should-response-to-request-be-blocked-due-to-nosniff?"><dfn title="shoul
>  <p>To perform a <dfn title=concept-fetch>fetch</dfn> using <var title>request</var>, run
>  the steps below. An ongoing <span title=concept-fetch>fetch</span> can be
>  <dfn title=concept-fetch-terminate>terminated</dfn> with reason <var title>reason</var>,
> -which must be one of <i title>end-user abort</i>, <i title>fatal</i>, or
> -<i title>timeout</i>.
> +which must be one of <i title>end-user abort</i>, <i title>fatal</i>, <i title>timeout</i>, or
> +<i title>garbage collection</i>.
> +
> +<p>The user agent may be asked to <dfn title=concept-fetch-suspend>suspend</dfn> the ongoing fetch.
> +The user agent may either accept or ignore the suspension request. The susppended fetch can be
> +<dfn title=concept-fetch-resume>resumed</dfn>. The user agent should ignore the suspension request
> +if the ongoing fetch is updating the response in the HTTP cache for the request.

Can you explain where these suspend and resume terms will be used? Are they relevant to explaining GC somehow? There's no normative language in this PR that uses these terms.

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