I can't find any mention of dmd in those. Only "proof-of-concept upstream shell scripts" I started to think: if dmd was revived in 2013, how could Debian/Hurd

I can't find any mention of dmd in those. Only "proof-of-concept upstream shell scripts" I started to think: if dmd was revived in 2013, how could Debian/Hurd have started the effort to switch away from it in the same year? This post talks of Debian/Hurd having "relied on its own init and rc system": http://osdir.com/ml/general/2014-01/msg61628.html http://osdir.com/ml/general/2014-01/msg61628.html