'boolean' widget without default value behaves strangely
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Description
**- Do you want to request a *feature* or report a *bug*?**
*bug*
**- What is the current behavior?**
A `boolean` field without a `default` defined in config.yml will initially render as `false`, but the field will fail the required check:

Clicking the widget twice so it turns on and back off allows me to persist a value of `false`.
**- If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.**
1. Define a field like this in config.yml:
```yaml
-
label: Awesome
name: awesome
widget: boolean
```
2. Create a new item in the collection
3. Try to publish the item
You'll get an "AWESOME IS REQUIRED" error.
For the record, specifying `default: false` for the field makes the problem disappear.
Because [`default` presently doesn't work for editor components](https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/issues/1406), this problem makes it hard to get the `boolean` widget working in that setting.
**- What is the expected behavior?**
That the error does not show and `awesome: false` gets persisted. Or that an error is thrown early because the field doesn't have a `default` specified. Alternatively that a distinct "undefined" state be added for boolean fields so that you could at least tell the difference between "off" and "undefined".
**- Please mention your versions where applicable.**
Netlify CMS version: 1.8.4
Browser version: 67.0.3396.62/OSX
Node.JS version: 9.5.0
Operating System: Mac OSX 10.13.4 (High Sierra)
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