I'm asking this on the user list not because I am trying to incite yet another debate over the merits of Systemd, but because I am assuming that the user list probably has the best chance of reaching out to the most people to get an answer.
I do not care which init is better for what. I do not care about the Systemd versus SysV arguments. The decision has been made by the Debian TC. So be it. My concern is the future of Debian for situations where the use of Systemd is not acceptable. I'm curious to find out how Systemd as the default is going to work on Jessie/Debian 8. When the words, "as default" is offered, that assumes that there are supported alternatives available. What I want to know with complete surety is: a) If I will have to have systemd installed even if I do not want it. b) If completely purging Systemd and using an offered alternative break or otherwise hamper the packaging system. If it is a case where systemd is required to be used, I might have to move some of my work off of Debian to Gentoo or FreeBSD.
