The MariaDB server has over 2 million lines of code. Downloading, compiling (and re-compiling), and running the test suite can potentially consume a lot of time away from actually making the code changes and being productive.

The MariaDB server has over 2 million lines of code. Downloading, compiling (and re-compiling), and running the test suite can potentially consume a lot of time away from actually making the code changes and being productive.