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+===== TITLE
+
+Transition plan to systemd by default
+
+===== WEB SUMMARY
+
+The committe states that it is in agreement with the transition plan
+proposed by the systemd maintainers, and appreciates the effort of
+Debian Developers and contributors to mitigate any issues with the
+transition
+
+===== EMAIL INTRO
+
+In #762194, the Technical Committee was asked to consider the
+transition plan of the init package maintainers to have both new
+installs and upgrades use systemd by default.
+
+1. The CTTE determined in #727708 that systemd should be the default
+ init system in Debian.
+
+2. In https://lists.debian.org/87mwc9gfsw.fsf@xoog.err.no, the
+ maintainers of the init package announced their transition plan for
+ migrating to systemd as the default init system on both installs
+ and new upgrades.
+
+3. The init package (and other related packages) currently in jessie
+ implement this transition.
+
+===== EMAIL EPILOGUE
+
+The committe would like to thank everyone who participated in the
+discussion of #762194.
+
+===== DECISION
+
+Using its power under ยง6.1.5 to make statements:
+
+3. The CTTE affirms the decision of the init system package
+ maintainers to transition to systemd by default on upgrades and to
+ install systemd by default on new installs.
+
+4. The CTTE appreciates the effort of Debian contributors to mitigate
+ any issues with the transition by:
+
+ a) Providing a fallback boot entry for sysvinit when systemd is the
+ default init in grub (#757298)
+
+ b) Developing a mechanism to warn on inittab configurations which
+ are unsupported in systemd. (#761063)
+
+ c) Providing documentation on how to remain with sysvinit on
+ upgrades and switch to sysvinit upon installation.
+
+ d) Numerous bug reports and fixes by contributors who have tested
+ the systemd migration in their configurations.
+
+5. The CTTE advises (without overriding any Debian contributor,
+ maintainer, or team) that any such mitigations should be included
+ in jessie, to ensure a smooth transition for Debian users.