In my opinion a Linux distro is needed which is easy to maintain, so no systemd, no bloatware. Too many packages tend to grow fat and slow. Programming should be done with speed in mind.  And if there are problems, I want ASCII log files and not DB held errors. Also I want ASCII configuration files and not a registry-like DB.
I hope Devuan will achieve this. In my opinion Debian took the wrong path.
I will try Devuan now on my systems: Servers and desktops.
Just my 5 Ct, Shadow_I