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+===== 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.