doc: Add a reference to a page explaining consensus decision making.

This is to make explicit something which until now had always been implicit.

* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention that committers are expected
to employ consensus decision making.

Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@ -1727,7 +1727,12 @@ project for at least 6 months. This ensures enough interactions with
the contributor, which is essential for mentoring and assessing whether
they are ready to become a committer. Commit access should not be
thought of as a ``badge of honor'' but rather as a responsibility a
contributor is willing to take to help the project.
contributor is willing to take to help the project. It is expected from
all contributors, and even more so from committers, to help build
consensus and make decisions based on consensus. To learn what
consensus decision making means and understand its finer details, you
are encouraged to read
@url{https://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/consensus}.
The following sections explain how to get commit access, how to be ready
to push commits, and the policies and community expectations for commits