Ian Jackson's general resolution to prevent init system coupling has failed to pass, the majority vote deciding that the resolution is unnecessary. This means that not only will Debian's default init be systemd, but packages will not be required to support other init systems. Presumably, this means that using other init systems on Debian (without using systemd as a base) will not be possible without major workarounds, or possibly at all. It also leaves the future of Debian projects such as kFreeBSD unclear, as systemd is linux specific.
The vote results can be found here
The winners are:
Option 4 "General Resolution is not required"
(Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Wednesday November 19 2014, @08:38PM
After all the years (13+) we've been together, all the learning, and all the years of happy computing I've decided that it is time to say goodbye.
And time to say "Hello, Slackware"
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."