What are alternatives to SDB? I have a 4GB RDF/XML to load for later queries
Thanks! - Charles On May 21, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Stephen Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for option 3 if no one currently is taking ownership of that project. I > think it's a useful signal to potential adopters about what they should > expect. > > On 2013-05-21, at 12:47 PM, Andy Seaborne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> SDB is getting some user attention but not much developer attention. I was >> hoping that there would be a contribution to go with JENA-447 but nothing >> has come in. I don't have the bandwidth to even answer questions about it >> properly, partly because I don't use it. I guess others are in a similar >> position. >> >> I do think we should be clear as to it's status. >> >> In the future, I see these options: >> >> 1/ Add jena-sdb to the main distribution. >> (If it becomes a block on a release, remove it.) >> >> 2/ As is - release "sometimes". >> >> 3/ Dormant SDB. >> This is the last release unless some activity arises to maintain it. >> Keep the source around but move out of trunk. >> Can be built from source. >> >> 4/ Legacy SDB. >> More definite statement than (3) that it is dropped. >> Keep the source around. >> >> For 3 and 4, where there are no plans to release again if nothing changes, >> the snapshot builds should be stopped. Users can build from source if they >> want to but the current snapshot should not become a >> distribution-under-the-radar which I feel it becomes if there are no plans >> to make it a formal release. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> I'm tending towards doing this one last release then (3). >> >> Andy
