Yes, as per the manifesto.
You don’t and it does not matter: if it is not written down one can assume it does not exist. If something really significant is on the works and has existed for a long time in the head of someone and was never expressed, noone cannot be expected to act differently because of that.
Yes, and all other space where the project lives. It occurs to me that Gitea pretty much works in the same way as forgefriends, even though it has a hierarchy. Figuring out the roadmap and how to fit in requires a significant amount of observation. And whenever I was able to figure out something about the roadmap, I was careful to share my conclusions publicly to get feedback and verify I did not miss anything.
It depends. In the case of forgefriends yes, definitely, because there are very few people and they would object within two weeks if something felt wrong or conflicting with something else.
I assume that by ‘carried decision’ you refer to someone else but you doing the legwork. If that’s a correct interpretation on my part, then yes you are on your own. A decision that requires action cannot be enacted unless someone does the action. If you’re not able or willing to do so and noone else is, the decision will have no impact (or a negative impact if it blocks other actions because it is not acted upon).
A good example of coordinated decision and action involving more than one person is the name change: you came up with the name & logo, I proposed to do the legwork and the consensus period started the next day.
The DAPSI grant is one such process with a big impact. I would not know how to abstract the process that led to it. And I don’t know how one could describe the process that leads to an agreement in the abstract.
It requires guessing. Right now I’d say there are less than five people who will read and maybe respond / express themselves if a decision is proposed for consensus. There is no obstacle for someone to take part in the discussion so it could be more. As for votes… there has not been any yet but if I was to propose a vote because I object to a decision, it would be that the proposition with most votes wins. Maybe this should be set in the manifesto to avoid a blocker if people disagree on how the vote should be carried away ?