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This[0] PCWorld article quotes two Debian list email posts which may clarify what "Debian" said.

From one of the email[1]:

  So, this vote effectively gives systemd the win

And the other[2] shows the result of Debian voting on the topic.

0 - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2854717/meet-devuan-the-debia...

1 - https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2014/02/msg00338.html

2 - https://vote.debian.org/~secretary/gr_initcoupling/results.t...

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So, to quote the subject of [1]: "call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie" Note that it says "default", not "only".

Where does that support the claim that Debian would oppose people working on sysvinit support?

  Where does that support the claim that
  Debian would oppose people working on
  sysvinit support?

In the body of the other[2] email where 'Option 2 "Support for other init systems is recommended, but not mandatory"' was selected by the Debian community. Once this path was chosen, while it theoretically isn't opposition, in practice it was only a matter of time before non-systemd init systems would become increasingly difficult to use in a systemd-leaning distribution (sysvinit or otherwise).

As Manfred Eigen said:

  In theory, there is no difference
  between theory and practice. But,
  in practice, there is.

(source: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/manfredeig211444...)

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