Quoting Adam Borowski (kilobyte@???):

> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:40:43PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> > I do have an ongoing interest in, and gratitude for, the progress
> > towards robust OpenRC support in Devuan. As it happens, today I
> > was spending a while polishing up my 2016 page about converting Debian 8
> > 'Jessie' to use either OpenRC or any of the four other packaged init
> > systems other than systemd
> > (http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/openrc-conversion.html) -- fixing a
> > few nits and noting options for getting a _better_ OpenRC than the
> > half-assed Debian package.
>
> The package in jessie is meh, but do you have any particular criticism about
> the ones in stretch and unstable? They're not ideal, but anything that I
> noticed is quite cosmetic.

Honestly, I've not yet had a chance to try those out, having been
stretched too thin, lately, by $DAYJOB and other matters. So, I've been
lately relying on details provided by others. When I have a chance, I
will indeed see about a fresh experiment using Stretch and its official
packages (before, no doubt, fooling around with it and transforming it
past recognition ;-> ).

Anyway, if you see any blunders I made in that page, I'd be grateful to
hear about it, as always.

FWIW, I also long past stopped wanting to stick with Official Debian,
anyway. The systemd / freedestkop.org nuisance is just one more reason
to seek better ways to install / maintain a debianesque system. Back a
in the early 2000s, I got so tired of hearing people complain about
the Official Debian d-i images (with the implication that it was the
only way to install a Debian-type system) that I compiled a list of
alternative installer images / methods, by way of response:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/installers.html
(It's now a decade out of date.)