Which init system for Debian?

The whole point of switching to systemd would be to throw away piles of ugly compatibility code to try to keep things like (the unmaintained) ConsoleKit limping along.

There's an option under consideration to keep multiple options; that'd be better than sticking with sysvinit for all eternity, but ideally I'd like to see a switch to systemd with sysvinit script compatibility as the default option, thus allowing software to depend on it.

It'll then be up to people who want to keep other init systems going to submit patches supporting them; it shouldn't be the job of every maintainer of software whose upstream relies on systemd to fork it and remove that dependency. If someone wants that, they should "fix" it upstream or fork the project themselves, rather than making Debian do it.