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

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