Fully agreed. There was a time when Debian could pride itself on being "the universal operating system" (for whatever interpretation of that phrase), but too ma

Fully agreed. There was a time when Debian could pride itself on being "the universal operating system" (for whatever interpretation of that phrase), but too many maintainers seem to have adopted a "my way or the highway" approach to package maintenance. The systemd adoption was a catalyst in that direction, but it wasn't the first nor the only symptom.