Comment # 5 on bug 968727 from Franck Bui

(In reply to Dr. Werner Fink from comment #4)
> Just tested this with systemd 228 + fix for bug#966535 together with a nfs
> mount share. AFAICS from changing runlevels the mount point isn't dropped.

yes I did the same test and came to the same conclusion.

I suspect a component part of Patrick's DE which deals with plugged/unplugged
devices which gets killed (when the DE service is stopped) when switching from
5 -> 3.

And I guess, the behaviour would be expected in this case.