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build: include minimal V8 headers in distribution

Rodrigo Muino Tomonari requested to merge github/fork/targos/headers into master 
build: include minimal V8 headers in distribution

Because Node.js currently distributes all V8 headers, it is not clear
which ones are part of our API and ABI compatibility contract. V8 may
add, remove, or change headers at any time, preventing us sometimes
from updating because the change could affect addons which may depend
on them. Moreover, the `cppgc` library, included in V8, is exposed
even though it is still in active development and doesn't have a
stable API.
Node.js should choose exactly which headers are exposed and part of
our native API, so that it's easier to reason about changes during V8
updates and to prevent us from automatically increasing the API
surface when new headers are added by V8.
Instead of specifically excluding v8-inspector, only include `v8.h`,
`v8-platform.h` (used in `node.h`) and `v8-profiler.h`.

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