libp2p / libp2p/go-libp2p

`webrtc` transport breaks compilation for WASM even if it not specified in transports

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Description

Currently if you try to compile the most basic libp2p host with 0 transports and no listeners like this:

```go
package main

import (
"log"

"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p"
"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/crypto"
"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/security/noise"
)

func main() {
priv, _, err := crypto.GenerateKeyPair(
crypto.Ed25519,
-1,
)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}

if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
h2, err := libp2p.NewWithoutDefaults(
libp2p.Identity(priv),
libp2p.NoListenAddrs,
libp2p.Security(noise.ID, noise.New),
libp2p.NoTransports,
)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer h2.Close()
}
```

it will fail during compilation:

```
GOOS=js GOARCH=wasm go build
# github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/transport/webrtc
/home/v1rtl/go/pkg/mod/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p@v0.41.1/p2p/transport/webrtc/connection.go:109:12: pc.SCTP().OnClose undefined (type *webrtc.SCTPTransport has no field or method OnClose)
/home/v1rtl/go/pkg/mod/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p@v0.41.1/p2p/transport/webrtc/listener.go:68:35: config.Certificates undefined (type webrtc.Configuration has no field or method Certificates)
/home/v1rtl/go/pkg/mod/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p@v0.41.1/p2p/transport/webrtc/listener.go:199:40: unknown field LoggerFactory in struct literal of type webrtc.SettingEngine
/home/v1rtl/go/pkg/mod/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p@v0.41.1/p2p/transport/webrtc/listener.go:200:16: settingEngine.SetAnsweringDTLSRole undefined (type webrtc.SettingEngine has no field or method SetAnsweringDTLSRole)
// ...
```

my guess is that it fails because webrtc transport is imported in multiple places (or maybe hust here) which breaks compilation:

```
/home/v1rtl/Coding/forks/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol/autonatv2/client.go:17: libp2pwebrtc "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/transport/webrtc"
```

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