I'm not aware of any changes in the next release that would prevent this from working. In 2014, the project voted on whether packages could require a specific

I'm not aware of any changes in the next release that would prevent this from working. In 2014, the project voted on whether packages could require a specific init system. My read of the results[1] is that a significant minority of the project thinks users should be able to choose their own init system. [1] https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/suppl_003_stats https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/suppl_003_stats