HTTP/3: add proxy CONNECT and MASQUE CONNECT-UDP support (ngtcp2 QUIC)

This patch adds two major proxy capabilities to curl (ngtcp2 QUIC):
- HTTP/3 Proxy CONNECT: Tunnel HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2 traffic through an
  HTTPS proxy that speaks HTTP/3 (QUIC) using the standard CONNECT
  method over an HTTP/3 connection.
- MASQUE CONNECT-UDP: Tunnel HTTP/3 (QUIC) traffic through an HTTP
  proxy (speaking HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, or HTTP/3) using the extended
  CONNECT method with the CONNECT-UDP protocol (RFC9297 & RFC9298).

Public API additions:
- `CURLPROXY_HTTPS3`: new proxy type constant for HTTP/3 proxy
- `--proxy-http3`: new CLI flag to negotiate HTTP/3 with HTTPS proxy

The implementation adds two new filters:
- `H3-PROXY` - enables negotiating HTTP/3 (QUIC) to the proxy and
  running CONNECT/CONNECT-UDP through that proxy transport.
- `CAPSULE` - dedicated filter inserted between QUIC transport and
  HTTP-PROXY to handle datagram capsule encapsulation/decapsulation.

Here is how the curl filter chaining looks in different scenarios:
- HTTP/3 Proxy CONNECT (tunneling TCP protocols over QUIC proxy):
  conn -> HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2  -> SSL -> HTTP-PROXY ->
                                 H3-PROXY -> HAPPY-EYEBALLS -> UDP
- MASQUE CONNECT-UDP (tunneling QUIC over any proxy):
  conn -> HTTP/3 -> CAPSULE -> HTTP-PROXY -> H3-PROXY ->
                               HAPPY-EYEBALLS -> UDP
  conn -> HTTP/3 -> CAPSULE -> HTTP-PROXY -> H1-PROXY or H2-PROXY ->
                               SSL -> HAPPY-EYEBALLS -> TCP

- Both features currently require the ngtcp2 QUIC backend.
- Both features are experimental (disabled by default). Enable with
  `--enable-proxy-http3`(autotools) or `-DUSE_PROXY_HTTP3=ON`(CMake).

Tests:
- tests/unit/unit3400.c: Unit tests for capsule protocol encode/decode
- tests/http/test_60_h3_proxy.py: Comprehensive pytest integration suite
- tests/http/testenv/h2o.py: Managing h2o instances with HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2,
  and HTTP/3 (QUIC) listeners, proxy.connect and proxy.connect-udp enabled.

References:
  RFC 9297 - HTTP Datagrams and the Capsule Protocol
  RFC 9298 - Proxying UDP in HTTP
  RFC 9000 §16 — Variable-Length Integer Encoding

Signed-off-by: Aritra Basu <aritrbas+gh@cisco.com>

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@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ The currently existing filter types (curl 8.5.0) are:
`accept()`ed in a `listen()`
* `SSL`: filter that applies TLS en-/decryption and handshake. Manages the
underlying TLS backend implementation.
* `HTTP-PROXY`, `H1-PROXY`, `H2-PROXY`: the first manages the connection to an
HTTP proxy server and uses the other depending on which ALPN protocol has
been negotiated.
* `HTTP-PROXY`, `H1-PROXY`, `H2-PROXY`, `H3-PROXY`: the first manages the
connection to an HTTP proxy server and uses the other depending on which
ALPN protocol has been negotiated.
* `SOCKS-PROXY`: filter for the various SOCKS proxy protocol variations
* `HAPROXY`: filter for the protocol of the same name, providing client IP
information to a server.
@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ The currently existing filter types (curl 8.5.0) are:
connection
* `HTTP/3`: filter for handling multiplexed transfers over an HTTP/3+QUIC
connection
* `HAPPY-EYEBALLS`: meta filter that implements IPv4/IPv6 "happy eyeballing".
* `HAPPY-EYEBALLS`: meta filter that implements IPv4/IPv6 "happy eyeballs".
It creates up to 2 sub-filters that race each other for a connection.
* `SETUP`: meta filter that manages the creation of sub-filter chains for a
specific transport (e.g. TCP or QUIC).
@ -220,6 +220,37 @@ as an `SSL` flagged filter is seen first. `conn3` is also encrypted as the
Similar checks can determine if a connection is multiplexed or not.
## Adding CONNECT-UDP support
HTTP/3 on top of HTTP/1.1 (MASQUE CONNECT-UDP):
```
conn --> HTTP/3 --> CAPSULE --> HTTP-PROXY --> H1-PROXY --> SSL --> HAPPY-EYEBALLS --> TCP
```
HTTP/3 on top of HTTP/2 (MASQUE CONNECT-UDP):
```
conn --> HTTP/3 --> CAPSULE --> HTTP-PROXY --> H2-PROXY --> SSL --> HAPPY-EYEBALLS --> TCP
```
The CAPSULE filter handles RFC 9297 capsule protocol encapsulation and
decapsulation of UDP datagrams. It is inserted automatically when the
HTTP-PROXY filter completes a successful CONNECT-UDP tunnel.
## Adding H3-PROXY support
HTTP/1.1 on top of HTTP/3 (CONNECT over QUIC):
```
conn --> HTTP/1.1 --> SSL --> HTTP-PROXY --> H3-PROXY --> HAPPY-EYEBALLS --> UDP
```
HTTP/2 on top of HTTP/3 (CONNECT over QUIC):
```
conn --> HTTP/2 --> SSL --> HTTP-PROXY --> H3-PROXY --> HAPPY-EYEBALLS --> UDP
```
HTTP/3 on top of HTTP/3 (MASQUE CONNECT-UDP over QUIC):
```
conn --> HTTP/3 --> CAPSULE --> HTTP-PROXY --> H3-PROXY --> HAPPY-EYEBALLS --> UDP
```
## Filter Tracing
Filters may make use of special trace macros like `CURL_TRC_CF(data, cf, msg,