[$] Debian reconsiders init-system diversity
Many community-based Linux distributions have made the decision to switch
to systemd, and most of those decisions were accompanied by lengthy,
sometimes acrimonious mailing-list discussions. No distribution had a
harder time of it than Debian, though, where arguments raged through much
of 2013 before the Debian Technical Committee decided on systemd in early 2014. Thereafter,
it is fair to say,
appetite for renewing the init-system discussion has been low. Now,
though, the topic has returned to the fore and
it would appear that the project is heading toward a new general
resolution to decide at what level init systems other than systemd should
be supported.