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Add change log support to the web app manifest #1

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Native applications typically have a way to show users it was recently updated - and for users to click through and see what's new. I'm proposing a new optional subtree in the web app manifest that allows web app developers to provide this info.

I've started a discussion on WICG here. It includes a link to the Microsoft Edge explainer.

As a summary here, the idea is that a PWA developer adds a URL under the changelog subtree of the web app manifest and a version value. The user agent/platform based on these two values will decide if a user should be notified of a new changelog, and provide a way to see what is pointed at by the URL.

This feature is proposed specifically to not interfere with w3c/manifest#446. For more information, see existing issues on the Microsoft Edge Explainers issues page.

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