it has to be said that it doesnt look like devuan is going to maintain sysvinit as the default init either, in the long run.
that doesnt mean theyre going to pull a debian and try to lock people into something new and shiny-- i mean i think devuan would implode at that point, if only under the pressure from so many debiand fanboys laughing.
im sure (and this is sincere) whatever they do about it will be a lot more reasonable than debians stick-(wherever)-and-move.
and with the pace that devuan moves at (ok, this part is a tad bit cynical, but ive found devuan pretty reliable since the "first"-- unofficial-- iso in feb 2015) we dont have to worry about this for another year or more.
was that a cheap shot? --for what its worth, its an honest prediction. moving too fast is what debian started doing all of a sudden. the glacial pace was a feature, imo. hopefully they can handle ascii in a timely manner when the time is right-- thats a sincere, if mild concern. i certainly believe in it enough to continue basing my own system on it. refracta adds a whole layer of confidence to the thing.