3 Transition plan to systemd by default
7 The committe states that it is in agreement with the transition plan
8 proposed by the systemd maintainers, and appreciates the effort of
9 Debian Developers and contributors to mitigate any issues with the
14 In #762194, the Technical Committee was asked to consider the
15 transition plan of the init package maintainers to have both new
16 installs and upgrades use systemd by default.
18 1. The CTTE determined in #727708 that systemd should be the default
19 init system in Debian.
21 2. In https://lists.debian.org/87mwc9gfsw.fsf@xoog.err.no, the
22 maintainers of the init package announced their transition plan for
23 migrating to systemd as the default init system on both installs
26 3. The init package (and other related packages) currently in jessie
27 implement this transition.
31 The committe would like to thank everyone who participated in the
32 discussion of #762194.
36 Using its power under ยง6.1.5 to make statements:
38 3. The CTTE affirms the decision of the init system package
39 maintainers to transition to systemd by default on upgrades and to
40 install systemd by default on new installs.
42 4. The CTTE appreciates the effort of Debian contributors to mitigate
43 any issues with the transition by:
45 a) Providing a fallback boot entry for sysvinit when systemd is the
46 default init in grub (#757298)
48 b) Developing a mechanism to warn on inittab configurations which
49 are unsupported in systemd. (#761063)
51 c) Providing documentation on how to remain with sysvinit on
52 upgrades and switch to sysvinit upon installation.
54 d) Numerous bug reports and fixes by contributors who have tested
55 the systemd migration in their configurations.
57 5. The CTTE advises (without overriding any Debian contributor,
58 maintainer, or team) that any such mitigations should be included
59 in jessie, to ensure a smooth transition for Debian users.