Even when that releases, it doesn't mean distros will switch to it. Just because it's systemd, doesn't always mean it's better. Just look at network manager vs systemd-networkd. Correct me if I'm wrong but afaik they are made to serve the same purpose and most distros prefer Network Manager over systemd-networkd.

As long as it's not a mandatory switch, I can't see any issue with this.

Don't we already have polkit and pkexec for that?

However, distributions like Fedora will definitely be in the lead, judging by previous experiences and stories of adapting new Linux technologies and Systemd components.

I wonder if this is still true, now that he no longer works for RedHat, but Microsoft.

Whp is this "Lennart Poettering" character, anyway? I suspect he might be secretly working for Microsoft.

Glad to see PoetteringOS has still not infected the *BSD family members /s And I'll gladly use Doas on Linux if need be, thank you.

In the old days, it was Emacs trying to do everything. Now, it's the SystemD.

Dudes trolling, right?

Artix, Devuan, Void, Alpine Linux are the way to go

Also Gentoo and Guix as mentioned in the comments

No.