We just install daemontools on all of our servers for our own stuff and let the system packages use whatevers the default in the distro, they seem to live happily together.
I suspect that one issue with systemd is that it aims to solve very real problem, but they are problems that not many noticed. Most of the stuff that's highlighted as benefits of systemd are things I never experienced, either I don't thing advanced enough or the issue has already been addressed by the distro.
Most of us are just going have some daemon/process that we want to start at boot and for that purpose systemd is going to look like massive overkill and overly complicated. That might be mostly a documentation issue, systemd could benefit for a "So you want to start at process" guide.
I suspect that one issue with systemd is that it aims to solve very real problem, but they are problems that not many noticed. Most of the stuff that's highlighted as benefits of systemd are things I never experienced, either I don't thing advanced enough or the issue has already been addressed by the distro.
Most of us are just going have some daemon/process that we want to start at boot and for that purpose systemd is going to look like massive overkill and overly complicated. That might be mostly a documentation issue, systemd could benefit for a "So you want to start at process" guide.