New to this mailing list.. Firstly, greetings everyone here and thanks 
for all the good work.
I deb-packaged without libsystemd0 requirement:
cups, util-linux, consolekit2, policykit, dbus, pulseaudio (for 
libpulse0, mplayer dep)
I'm quite new to deb packaging from source but they seem to work OK 
here. All the above have configure options without systemd. I have no 
*systemd* but can print with cups and user shutdown is back for xfce 
menu. If this is of any use maybe someone here would like to test them 
(at own risk), inspect for flaws and what is missing or use just as 
example to build own.
http://exegnulinux.net/refracta/experimental/debs-nosystemd/ .. I 
included sources where possible.
OT: Hoping for some progress with eudev, failed here so far.
David Hare