worflows: activity retry policy

[famarting]

Description

first part of #541

also updated one of the existing examples to show how activity retry policies can be used

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[cicoyle]

lgtm

[mikeee]

Looks like a solid implementation of retry policies for activities, just one potential signature refactor to accommodate the future addition of workflow retry policies. Also an ask - would it be possible to implement a simple activity that does continually fail - to test the retry logic?

[famarting]

good to go

[famarting]

can we merge?

[mikeee]

Can you please add a test for the activity to retry - I think it's crucial to validate this so we have some visibility if it breaks

[mikeee]

Thanks for adding tests, just need to register the new activity

[mikeee]

lgtm