If those major distros weren't switching though, you wouldn't have to, which is what my point was. The only reason you're adopting it is not for a practical ben

If those major distros weren't switching though, you wouldn't have to, which is what my point was. The only reason you're adopting it is not for a practical benefit, just because the distros did. I run devops though for a small business and we've avoided the issue entirely using runit for our software.