Add policy to handle unmaintained dependencies

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When we stumbled upon an unmaintained package in our codebase that was widely used it was unclear how to handle this situation. I think it's sensible to add a policy on how to handle this case that allows for continued flexibility for less used packages but adds a how-to guide for widely used packages.

This MR was originally a Handbook MR: gitlab-com/content-sites/handbook!10295 (closed) and has received some feedback there. Please also refer to that MR for the full feedback history.

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