Add new cmake function to add optional Qt5 plugin directory

This allow to add plugins which names are plateform dependant and may be there or not, such as audio plugins which are named after the backend they represent (qtaudio_also, qtaudio_pulse, etc)

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@mwestphal please review

@ben.boeckel @cory.quammen FYI

how about we rework the API like this:

• superbuild_get_qt5_plugins_root(root)
• superbuild_get_qt5_plugin_paths_of_type(root, type, paths)
• superbuild_get_qt5_plugins_paths(root, type, names, paths)

assigned to @timothee.chabat