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+===== TITLE
+
+Continuing support for multiple init systems
+
+===== WEB SUMMARY
+
+The technical committee expects maintainers to continue to support the
+multiple available init systems.
+
+===== EMAIL INTRO
+
+The technical committe was asked in #746715 to address the removal of
+support for upstart in a package.
+
+===== EMAIL EPILOGUE
+
+
+===== DECISION
+
+The issue of init system support recently came to the Technical
+Committee's attention again.[1]
+
+For the record, the TC expects maintainers to continue to support
+the multiple available init systems in Debian. That includes
+merging reasonable contributions, and not reverting existing
+support without a compelling reason.
+
+[1] See #746715 for background.