> Debian picked up systemd because it was a popular decision, not because it was better. As far as i'm aware there was nothing broken in sysvinit that systemd fixed; there was just a vocal minority that wanted some new features and insisted it be shipped as default.
I don't feel that's a fair summary of the lengthy debate had about this. There is a long page here [1] listing the reasons for selecting systemd. There is also [2], a very good summary by Russ Allberry of the different init systems being suggested (including staying with sysvinit). Debian has rarely been accused of taking a major technical decision because it is hip.
I don't feel that's a fair summary of the lengthy debate had about this. There is a long page here [1] listing the reasons for selecting systemd. There is also [2], a very good summary by Russ Allberry of the different init systems being suggested (including staying with sysvinit). Debian has rarely been accused of taking a major technical decision because it is hip.
1: https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/systemd
2: https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2013/12/msg00234.html