tp: keep parsing traces after wire-compatible schema changes (#6553) When a trace embeds its own proto descriptor, trace_processor merges it with the built-in schema. Two recent schema changes made that merge fail on older traces, even though the trace bytes were still readable. This tolerates both. - Widened field type (PR #6082): previous_packet_dropped went from bool to uint32. Both encode as a varint, so the bytes still decode. Accept a re-declared scalar when its wire type is unchanged; only reject a real wire-type change. - Removed field type (PR #6308): AndroidCameraFrameEvent and AndroidCameraSessionStats were deleted. Old traces still name them, so resolution can't find them. Skip such a field instead of failing the whole trace, but only for an allowlist of known-removed types so a genuine missing type is still an error. Both are temporary; they can go once traces predating these changes age out (b/524094370).
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