(15-06-2017, 03:36 PM)z3bra Wrote: First of all, I don't think it's the init job to handle services. Its role is to bring up the system. What happens next is irrelevant to the "init".

And this is where the controversy is, there's no clear definition of the limits of the bootstraping process, the edges are hazy.
You could have an init system that just barely gets you runing by giving you a tty or you could have an init system that practically toss you in a graphical environment all ready to go. The edges of the *initialization* are not clear all of that is based on personal opinions.

Also, having the PID 1 makes it easier to handle services.