http://uselessd.darknedgy.net/
I am a systemd user and Arch Linux fan (but definitely wanted to get to Gentoo to have the most choice), but I have been hoping to see news of uselessd pop-up again.
I think the reaction to systemd is quite upsetting, for its tone and not its message about choice which is core to our support of open source values, but I welcome the alternative solutions and approaches and I am very curious to see what percolates to the top.
Personally, as a budding Lisp geek, I wait for dmd.
https://www.gnu.org/software/dmd/
Although, and I know I have seen him post here before, the vitriolic systemd hate on one of his blog posts make me worry about reactionary development, just like this and other projects.
I have heard a lot of good about SMF though, so I will need to follow all of them now.