Re: [w3c/manifest] Web Manifest Overrides (Issue #1045)

Quick update on the progress of the discussion in the WebExtensions Community Group ([WECG](https://github.com/w3c/webextensions)). See https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/pull/585 and https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/issues/229. We concluded a new top level member needs to be introduced and I believe this is the moment we can align on a common syntax for both web app manifests and webExtensions.

It seems in above discussion the purpose-built objects and members seems to be the way forward. A potential structure could be the following:
```json
[{
  "any": "16.svg",
  "type": "image/svg+xml"
}, {
  "16": "mono16.png",
  "32": "mono32.png",
  "type": "image/png",
  "purpose": "monochrome"
}, {
  "16": "mono16fr.png",
  "32": "mono32fr.png",
  "type": "image/png",
  "purpose": "monochrome",
  "lang": "fr"
}, {
  "16": "dark16@2x.png",
  "32": "dark32@2x.png",
  "type": "image/png",
  "color_scheme": "dark",
  "density": 2
}, {
  "16": "light16.png",
  "32": "light32.png",
  "type": "image/png",
  "color_scheme": "light"
}, {
  "16": "default16.png",
  "32": "default32.png",
  "type": "image/png"
}]
```

Some benefits are skipping repeated props (like type). Making the syntax less verbose.

A similar tactic could be used for other properties like `name` and `short_name`. Joining them together to drop ambiguity for which should be applied. Say a translated member for `name` in French exists. But a `short_name` in French is lacking. Ideally the browser would use the `name` in French and truncate it if needed. This could be implied by using a syntax like:
```json
{
  "names": [{
    "full": "Some amazing app",
    "short": "Amazing",
    "lang": "en en-US"
  }, {
    "full": "Une application étonnante",
    "lang": "fr"
  }]
}
```

We can then restrict the filters (`lang`, `color_scheme`) to the members for which it would make sense.

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