Debian 8 "Jessie" was released on 25 Apr. A link to the Debian release page shows the changes and you can follow the release in 'real-time' should you desire to do so.
This release will be supported for 5 years and includes "improvements" to the UEFI software (both 32- and 64-bit) introduced in the previous version, "Wheezy". It also is the first release to use systemd as default init system replacing the earlier sysvinit, which is still available in the repos should you wish to revert the change. What effects such a change might have on the remainder of the system is not clear. Improvements to the support of Debian software include the ability to browse and search all source code distributed in the latest release.
(Score: 2) by fritsd on Monday April 27 2015, @11:47AM
Hey, AC, aren't you that Australian developer who understands SELinux? I've read your name before.
If so, I'm not surprised that systemd's complexity is not daunting to *you*, after dealing with SELinux.
But consider the many people more stupid than you, who still have to manage production Linux systems for their corporations :-)
I just read your blog post. You wrote "Abuse is evidence of the absence of technical errors.". I disagree, I think the two issues are orthogonal. Also I must protest "the fact that the anti-systemd people seem happy to associate with him isn’t going to help their cause", I believe that he associated himself with the anti-systemd people, which is something those anti-systemd people can't be blamed for.
Are you sure it's more than one misogynist? If so, well.. I really don't know either why the issue attracts those people. It sure leaves a lingering stench of "misogynists" around "us" people opposed to systemd, I can understand that.
Maybe the reason is in your comment on your own blog:
If a feeling of powerlessness to change things leads to frustration, than maybe frustration leads to those kind of comments.
On the topic of the fork: I think Marillat had a lot of work keeping his stuff in sync with fast-moving Debian, but such is life. I wonder why the ancient Debian "non-US" branch was removed, it seems perfectly usable for US-patent-encumbered stuff like libd*dc*s etc.
But the Devuan fork is about approximately 20 packages IIRC, so that's manageable (famous last words).