API-1835: make operator generations behave as a map list type

[deads2k]

This will allow coordination between different observers watching the various generations. For instance, what if you want to track different deployments.

Need to vendor into storage, auth, and openshift-apiserver to prove it works ok.

/assign @bertinatto @p0lyn0mial

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@deads2k: This pull request references API-1835 which is a valid jira issue.

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In response to [this](https://github.com/openshift/api/pull/2029): >This will allow coordination between different observers watching the various generations. For instance, what if you want to track different deployments. > >Need to vendor into storage, auth, and openshift-apiserver to prove it works ok. > > >/assign @bertinatto @p0lyn0mial Instructions for interacting with me using PR comments are available [here](https://prow.ci.openshift.org/command-help?repo=openshift%2Fapi). If you have questions or suggestions related to my behavior, please file an issue against the [openshift-eng/jira-lifecycle-plugin](https://github.com/openshift-eng/jira-lifecycle-plugin/issues/new) repository.

[deads2k]

/retest

[deads2k]

/hold

need all PRs associated with https://github.com/openshift/api/pull/2030 to merge first.

[deads2k]

/hold cancel

manually tested for storage operator. Most library-go operators now direct from api repo.

/test all

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[p0lyn0mial]

as changing the type changes the merge strategy

/lgtm