>
> ​
> But of course Devuan is alpha test software right now, and you need your
> ​
> no-systemd Debian today, not in a few months when Devuan supercedes

Debian.​
>

​If you need a Debian derivative without systemd to use until Devuan
reaches a more stable state, there is still a ​

​choice.
I've been using MX-14 based on Wheezy​, with sysvinit since April-2014:

​
> MX-14 is the current release of MX Linux, a special version of antiX
> <http://antix.mepis.org/> developed in full collaboration with the MEPIS
> Community <http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/>, using the best tools and
> talents from each distro. It is a midweight
> <http://wiki.xfce.org/minimum_requirements> OS designed to combine an
> elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability,
> solid performance and medium-sized footprint.

Relying on the excellent upstream work by Linux <http://www.kernel.org/>,
> MX-14 deploys Xfce4 <http://www.xfce.org/> as Desktop Environment on top
> of a Debian <http://www.debian.org/> Stable base; ongoing backports to the
> Community Repos <http://www.mepiscommunity.org/community-repo> keep it
> current. It also incorporates the independent and innovative development
> products smxi <http://smxi.org/> and inxi
> <https://code.google.com/p/inxi/>.
>

​The soon to release, more minimal, anitX-15 for older comupters ​uses
sysvinit as well, but I prefer MX-14 with Xfce4.12 and a whole host of
utilities for those who want to get things done.

​I've been using this distro, now MX-14.4, since it was released
in April-2014. The developers have stated in the forum that their aim is to
maintain MX-15 based on a mixture of Jessie and sysvinit planned for
release in August or so. I have seen mention of Devuan in the forum.
Hopefully, in the future, it will be based on Devuan.

Regards,
Richard.