scales::alpha() performance and color format ("character" or "native")

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This pull request is on top of:

• Feature: set_channel() sets or skips NA values thomasp85/farver#40

It uses the improvements on farver to make scales::alpha() much faster, avoiding the intermediate step of the numeric matrix.

Besides, it adds an additional parameter color_fmt to choose between a "character" output format or the "native" output format, used in nativeRaster objects.

Proposed NEWS entry (not added to avoid trivial conflicts):

  * `alpha()` performance improvements. Added support for `native` color format (#, @zeehio)

Related to:

• geom_raster() of a matrix: Performance analysis and improvements tidyverse/ggplot2#4989