Re: [w3c/permissions] Drop .request() (#83)

Note: I am in favor of two things, for different reasons:

- I am in favor of an unified concept of "request access" across specs. That's because any time we try to define it in context, it grows hairs that are subtly different from everyone else's hairs, have very limited value to the user, and serve to confuse anyone working across multiple specs. The discussions around whether the descriptor includes the top level browsing context, the iframe context, either or both, is just one example. I prefer one ball of fuzz.

- I am in favor of the request() method because I believe the "request by using" paradigm, while applicable to a lot of cases, has the nasty side effect that applications whose logic really lend themselves to request() will try to acquire sources they don't need in order to make sure they have already done the dialogs if they need them later.

I have a strong opinion / care a lot on the first and a weak opinion / don't care as much on the second, which is why I filed #94.



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