Hi all

I already answered in a different thread, but again here:

+1 for b) it should be mandatory

Regards

> Am 08.06.2016 um 17:46 schrieb FRANCISCO XAVIER SUMBA TORAL 
> <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Definitely, the new release can’t wait too long. Besides, for a PostgreSQL 
> user install PostGIS is feasible, but I don’t discard the option that in the 
> future GeoSPARL could be pluggable. It will be like a packet manager. It not 
> just helps GeoSPARQL module but also other modules 
> that will appear in the future.
> 
> So, I choose second option.
> b) +1
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> 
>> On Jun 8, 2016, at 10:20, fernando baculima <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all.
>> 
>> I think it should be mandatory.
>> 
>> For users who want to use PostgreSQL, somehow, it wouldn't be complicated
>> to install extensions like PostGIS.
>> 
>> For those who use the default database (H2) or other, I guess there won´t
>> be any trouble
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 2016-06-08 3:02 GMT-05:00 Sergio Fernández <[email protected]>:
>> 
>>> So, summarizing, we have two options:
>>> 
>>> 1) Spend some more time (hard to estimate) to get GeoSPARQL optional
>>> 
>>> 2) Forget it and make it mandatory
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Sergio Fernández <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> TL;DR optional GeoSPARQL support is so dirty to implement, so I want to
>>>> discuss what to do.
>>>> 
>>>> as the last part to have GeoSPARQL in KiWi (MARMOTTA-584[1][2]) merged
>>>> into develop, in the last days I've been approaching (fighting) to make
>>> the
>>>> need of PostGIS option {MARMOTTA-638 [3]) and try to finally work on a
>>> new
>>>> release with this feature.
>>>> 
>>>> As discussed [4], the advantage of getting MARMOTTA-638 done would be to
>>>> lower the update requirements (i.e., if you don't want GeoSPARQL you
>>> would
>>>> not need to have PostGIS extension installed in PostgreSQL).
>>>> 
>>>> The disadvantage is that complicates quite some the implementation: as we
>>>> extensively use prepare statements you would need to have two db schemas
>>>> (one with a fake geometry, another one with an actual geometry), which
>>>> complicates everything. Locally I have a path I'm very unsatisfied with
>>> its
>>>> quality, and I'm pretty sure will be the source of many issues in the
>>> near
>>>> future. Therefore I; m not completely sure I want to continue that path,
>>>> but I think it's an aspect that requires further discussion.
>>>> 
>>>> So, summarizing, we have two options:
>>>> 
>>>> 1) Spend some more time (hard to estimate) to get GeoSPARQL optional
>>>> 
>>>> 2) Forget
>>>> 
>>>> My vote now goes to the second option, because: a) it make the source
>>> base
>>>> far more maintainable; b) after all PostGIS is widely supported and
>>> trivial
>>>> to install; and c) this feature is blocking 3.4.0 for too long. But I'd
>>>> like to listen to the opinion of the community to really decide what to
>>> do.
>>>> What do you think, guys?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your time.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MARMOTTA-584
>>>> [2] https://github.com/apache/marmotta/tree/MARMOTTA-584
>>>> [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MARMOTTA-638
>>>> [4] http://markmail.org/message/3u55tk4xe4g2qgoa
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Sergio Fernández
>>>> Partner Technology Manager
>>>> Redlink GmbH
>>>> m: +43 6602747925
>>>> e: [email protected]
>>>> w: http://redlink.co
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Sergio Fernández
>>> Partner Technology Manager
>>> Redlink GmbH
>>> m: +43 6602747925
>>> e: [email protected]
>>> w: http://redlink.co
>>> 
> 

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