Which init system for Debian?

Why wouldn't you put this function there? In the design of the UNIX system, init clearly has the responsibility for starting and restarting processes, handling zombies and managing the lifecycle of the system. Sure, SysV init really can only handle managing TTYs directly, because that is what was most important when it was designed, but it seems clear to me that this is how the system is supposed to work, and that the whole /etc/init.d system is just a hack layered on top to handle the additional complexity of services that init doesn't have the functionality to handle.

That problem is now resolved.