===== TITLE

Default init system for Debian

===== WEB SUMMARY

The committee decided that the default init system for Linux
architectures in jessie should be systemd.

===== EMAIL INTRO

The technical committee was asked in #727708 to decide which init
system would be the default init system for Debian. The decision is
below:

===== EMAIL EPILOGUE

Additional discussions regarding the technical policy necessary for
implementing this decision are anticipated and will be carried out via
the normal technical policy procedure.

===== DECISION

We exercise our power to decide in cases of overlapping jurisdiction
(6.1.2) by asserting that the default init system for Linux
architectures in jessie should be systemd.

Should the project pass a General Resolution before the release of
"jessie" asserting a "position statement about issues of the day" on
init systems, that position replaces the outcome of this vote and is
adopted by the Technical Committee as its own decision.