MB> No, removing the above packages is totally safe in stretch (when using MB> systemd)
(the only names I can remember are experimental, sid, testing, and stable.) MB> Actually, you can run MB> apt purge sysv-rc initscripts insserv startpar MB> and I would recommend that to anyone upgrading to stretch. OK I did it. Thanks. (Hope I can reboot.) OK if that is so safe then why not add Conflicts stuff to them?