On Mon, 31 Aug 2015, Laurent Bercot wrote:

> I'm working on it with s6-rc. Jude is working on the udev system
> with vdev. Other people are working on the other parts of the Linux
> userspace that systemd would love to phagocyte. And we are not
> getting the kind of money or resources that the systemd lead
> developers are, so it's a longer, harder task; but don't worry, the
> competition exists and is getting better everyday.

if you can confirm the plan of releasing r6-rc within september, then
we'll mention it in the Devuan Beta announcement among the contemplated
alternatives being developed. This should bring more attention and
testers to the project, if this is desired at this stage.

ciao