Have metadata that informs, on average, how long a configuration is expected to run

[SteveL-MSFT]

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

DSCv3 currently already emits how long a configuration takes to run, it would be interesting to allow configuration authors to supply this in the metadata section like expectedRuntime to give an idea if it takes minutes, hours, days, etc... which would be presented as progress.

Also allow the same metadata per resource execution.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

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[SteveL-MSFT]

Perhaps DSC can store how long configurations have taken to run on a particularly system and adjust the estimate for that system. So a high powered system that is fast, instead of taking 2 hours, it take 1.5 hours, so future estimates can be reduced by 25%.