Well ... I'd like to start by commenting on a matter of great importance. I hate all you people for making me open 50 tabs, to read about stuff, GOT THAT !?!? ... good. Also I'm kidding folks, also GOT THAT !?!? also good.
Prepost note: What follows is mostly typed in ignorance. Read on at your own risk.
I've been out of the loop for a bit and am just hearing about this. Am a lil bit shaken up by it too. With so many obviously knowledgeable people posting what they're posting. Am more than a tad bit worried here. Leaving not just Debian ... but gnu/Linux period ? WHY DIDN'T I GET THE FRIGGIN MEMO !?!?!
Looks like I can clear my dance card. I'll be researching systemd for the next dozen hours now. More thoughts on this though. Peeps are really going to abandon Debian this soon, because of this ? If it's being deployed then they're doing it for a reason and no matter what I'm going to give them a chance to sort it out. Sometimes Debian, like so many others get their hand forced into something. To maintain compatibility or add TONS of other reasons.
Even when there are bumps in the road with emerging tech. Doesn't necessarily mean xyz distro devs will deploy it poorly. No one, not even the heavy hitters giving systemd a BIG thumbs down in this thread can convince me that Debian central is going to stand-by picking their noses and watch 20yrs flushed down the toilet.
Do Debian devs make mistakes ? Sure they do, they're human like the rest of us. ie: /tmp mounted as tmpfs default. Jumped on the this is a horrible idea bandwagon early on. Even though it only took me a lil while to figure out how to put /tmp back the way I wanted it. Debian tried it ... soon realized it was a mistake, said screw this and got rid of it.
Not to mention the truckloads of independent nix distro's. If this is really a sky falling kind of thing. There's NO WAY IN HELL they'll adopt it. Nor to say anything about the 5,000 truckloads of super skilled nixers around. Again ... if it's an all is lost scenario, they'll fork something. Which imo, many of the Debian bigwigs themselves would splinter off along with them.
My money is this bump will get ironed out too. Yeah I hear people w production systems grinding their teeth and wanting to reach thru the internet and rip my hair out. To those people I say ... a) Peace wo/man, it's just an opinion ... sheesh, b) Keep my hair shaved military style so you'll have a hella time getting hold of it.
c)slapt-get anybody ? Hell could even alias em so folks don't even have to bother using diff apt cmds. Devuan ? Sounds like a gay ( errrr ... person who chooses an alternative life-style) from France. Ah crap, I'm probably gonna catch hell for that one. Oh well ... I don't have anything against same-sex preferencers or France, kay.
Messing round, I trust Debian HQ, ya gotta trust somebody. In ending fellow nixers .. I have to ask again, Why didn't I get the damn memo. Although nobody here works for me and folks are probably thinking why doesn't he stfu?, YOU'RE ALL FIRED anyway!
Sighs ... nah for real, when things like this are said, by people like these saying them. I have to take it very seriously. Thanks for posting this ( and the comments), I got some catching up to do.
Hey OP, what gives, you should add an I'm retarded and just now hearing about this category people can vote for ?! That's how I'm casting my vote.