I think there ought to be separate category for distros which install with systemd by default, but can use other init systems without any problems. For example,
Effiectively gets rid of systemd on Debian proper and the system works fine on sysvinit. The packages above can be pinned in /etc/apt/preferences.d to prevent them from being installed again. OpenSUSE also appears to have sysvinit-tools.
I think there ought to be separate category for distros which install with systemd by default, but can use other init systems without any problems. For example,
Effiectively gets rid of systemd on Debian proper and the system works fine on sysvinit. The packages above can be pinned in /etc/apt/preferences.d to prevent them from being installed again. OpenSUSE also appears to have
sysvinit-tools
.