Re: [whatwg/streams] Meta: add a service worker to the spec (#637)

Regarding the manifest, pulling @annevk's comments out to top level on the thread so they don't get lost when I revert:

> I'm a little skeptical of the value-add here. It's only used for "installation" purposes reportedly and all the metadata included is already readily available through other means in the document.

Yeah. I think I'll remove it. Given that Chrome refuses to give us a splash screen or an install-to-homescreen prompt with display: browser, the only benefits in the current browser landscape are that, if you manually choose Add to Homescreen from the Chrome mobile overflow menu, it will use the shortname "Streams" as the default name, and if you happen to try adding a commit snapshot to the homescreen, it will instead change the default launch URL to `/`.

Maybe manifests are worth revisiting if Chrome becomes less hostile to display: browser, or if Firefox or other browsers finish their implementation.

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