Compat: Remove unnecessary api-request shim #5146
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Previously: #4762
Related: #4950 (WordPress support explicitly updated)
This pull request seeks to remove the api-request JavaScript shim which had existed while WordPress 4.9 was in pre-release, in order to support the 4.8 stable release at the time. Since WordPress 4.9.x is now stable, this shim can now be removed. This effectively increases the minimum WordPress version supported by the Gutenberg plugin to 4.9.0.
Testing instructions:
Verify that the editor loads as expected, particularly that the api-request file is loaded correctly from the WordPress installation.