Serialization with `"msgpack"` doesn't preserve `list`s
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Description
Currently if a `list` is serialized (and is small enough), it will be handled correctly.
```python
In [1]: from distributed.protocol import serialize, deserialize
In [2]: t = (0, 1, 2)
In [3]: deserialize(*serialize(t, serializers=["msgpack"]))
Out[3]: (0, 1, 2)
In [4]: l = [0, 1, 2]
In [5]: deserialize(*serialize(l, serializers=["msgpack"]))
Out[5]: [0, 1, 2]
```
However for larger `list`s, this breaks down and a `tuple` is returned instead.
```python
In [1]: from distributed.protocol import serialize, deserialize
In [2]: t = (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
In [3]: deserialize(*serialize(t, serializers=["msgpack"]))
Out[3]: (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
In [4]: l = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
In [5]: deserialize(*serialize(l, serializers=["msgpack"]))
Out[5]: (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
```
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