I believe it's notorious that systemd is highly controversial, even spinning off a fork called Devuan. It might be more favorable to reunite the community by including one alternative init system that is, fundamentally, a first-class citizen in the Debian ecosystem.
"First-class" implies that the user is given a choice on new installations in a specified prompt. The default should be the option "systemd (recommended)".
First-class init that is not systemd
DESCRIPTION
I believe it's notorious that systemd is highly controversial, even spinning off a fork called Devuan. It might be more favorable to reunite the community by including one alternative init system that is, fundamentally, a first-class citizen in the Debian ecosystem.
"First-class" implies that the user is given a choice on new installations in a specified prompt. The default should be the option "systemd (recommended)".
DISTRIBUTION
buster+1 given the expected effort
ROLE/AFFILIATION
Individual and hobbyist system administrator