Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SchilliX (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 21:28, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

SchilliX
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Obsolete distribution of OpenSolaris (itself deprecated), later based on Illumos. As noted on, release 0.2 consisted of just three minor patches. The latest announcement is from 2010. No significant news coverage outside the Solaris community. Ysangkok (talk) 10:41, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Nice try.... the latest public activities are rather from Christmas 2016. The latest published release is 0.8 and there are people in the project who of course use the latest state. BTW: SchilliX fixed many problems that are still in Illumos. Schily (talk) 11:58, 17 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Note: "It's obsolete" is not a valid reason for deletion. Historical articles are not only accepted, but encouraged on Wikipedia; notability is not temporary. Build your deletion nominations on the notability guideline instead. -- intgr [talk] 12:04, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Leaning delete - RS coverage is minimal, and not evidenced; nor is it clear this was ever notable. I'm willing to be convinced, but ... - David Gerard (talk) 00:34, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist  (Speak quickly) (Follow my trail) 03:25, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * delete I do not see notability. This is a one-man project with no audience. Just look at the source code repository: ... The previous deletion discussion was flawed. This project does not compare to major Linux distributions, but to some obscure one such as UltraPenguin (Sun port of Linux 2.2 kernel for UltraSPARC). Because nobody uses it. It never was notable in the first place. This is not like Knoppix which came with magazines to an audience of thousands of users until Ubuntu and other distributions made their installers live-CDs, making Knoppix largely obsolete. The importance of SchilliX is comparable to UltraPenguin instead - an obscure footnote to OpenSolaris, nothing more. Make an entry in List of computer technology code names and delete the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.14.1.219 (talk) 20:46, 21 January 2017 (UTC)


 * keep SchilliX is not like an average distro, it is the first OpenSolaris based distro and it was the trailblazer for other distros by:
 * identifying missing and non-redistributable code needed to boot/run the system
 * implementing OSS replacement code for the missing and non-redistributable parts
 * verifying that the so created system is usable
 * documenting the state by listing OpenSource parts, Closed source but redistributable parts and missing or non-redistributable parts
 * asking Sun Microsystems to open more code to make the act of creating an OpenSolaris based distro easier

Before SchilliX existed, Sun Microsystems believed that the published Source Code cannot be used to create a distro without the help from Sun Microsystems. The article thus is important for the OpenSolaris lifetime. The article should be enhanced to include a documentation for these facts. 2003:8C:4F3B:D500:213:D3FF:FE4E:7509 (talk) 20:06, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - it might be a good thing, but no-one seems to have written anything about it. Fails WP:GNG. Flat Out (talk) 03:30, 25 January 2017 (UTC)


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