Hi, I discovered this topic when I searched a solution for my same problem with Raspberry: for my project usually I use a minimal version of raspbian (this: https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/) arranged by me for running in read only mode and without the "black beast" systemd.

Obviously, any project need a web server and php and I don't want systemd for many reasons.

What I would ask is: if I want make a php packages for arm similar as you have make for amd64 what can be the start point ? Can I use some of your adjusted source ? Have you any suggestion ?

Thank in advance,

Emilio