[12.x] Allow limiting number of assets to preload #55618
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When preloading a lot of assets, this header can become problematically long. It can cause issues by overflowing the web servers maximum header length or simply be so long that it would be better off not sending it and allowing the html preload tags to kick in.
That isn't to say preloading via this header isn't a good default; it is. This is only for those applications that have an extreme number of assets that are to be preloaded by Vite.
This PR ensures you can limit the number of assets to preload to give some control over the header length.
If we merge this PR I will roll out a sensible default to our packages.