I had the same concerns and held off until Wheezy LTS ran out. I had some reservations about what seemed to be an "angry" fork and its longevity, but so far, D

I had the same concerns and held off until Wheezy LTS ran out. I had some reservations about what seemed to be an "angry" fork and its longevity, but so far, Devuan's been up to date, and last I heard most of the acrimony has dissipated up to the point where Devuan was about to get involved in the sysvinit maintenance of Debian itself. So I don't know about the real long-term, but it appears they are serious about producing and keeping up a distribution.