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[DEFER] Add lightweight ADR process for governance-impacting decisions #45

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Summary

Introduce a lightweight ADR process for governance-impacting decisions.

Problem

Major governance changes (CI tiering, release controls, contribution enforcement) currently rely on PR discussion only, which can make long-term rationale hard to audit.

Proposal

  • Add docs/adr/ with a small ADR template.
  • Require ADR for changes to governance/security/release policy boundaries.
  • Link ADRs from relevant policy sections.

Acceptance criteria

  • ADR template and process are documented.
  • At least one recent governance decision is captured as an ADR example.
  • Policy docs reference ADR usage triggers.

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