To quote Russ vote: "D U O V F", so systemd first and the current System V init last ("F" was for further discussion).
In the same email from Russ you're quoting, there's this: "I would appreciate it if people would ask for clarification rather than making assumptions, as assumptions about other people's motives are one of the things that I find the most demoralizing about the Debian project right now."
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FYI, you're quoting an email from Russ Allbery, who voted for systemd: https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2014/02/msg00283.html
To quote Russ vote: "D U O V F", so systemd first and the current System V init last ("F" was for further discussion).
In the same email from Russ you're quoting, there's this: "I would appreciate it if people would ask for clarification rather than making assumptions, as assumptions about other people's motives are one of the things that I find the most demoralizing about the Debian project right now."
Worth a though IMHO.