On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:30:11PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > The Linux mantra has always been "choice," plethoras of choices. So why > at install time, is there no choice for the init system? You get what > the developers decide. Yes, you can install a new one -- I've done it > and it works -- but only after the install. It'd be a lot easier, if > there were a choice to begin with just like whether you want a GUI and > which one.
Because the number of people who want to run a new version of Debian with an ancient and deprecated init system is probably in the triple digits, worldwide. You are a member of a small minority. It's not reasonable to expect that a whole bunch of time will be spent making install images with alternative init systems for such a small demand. You have a solution which works just fine.
