Did I already mentioned how slow programs became? Not only in running, but also in compiling.
On https://codeberg.org/Windfluechter/builddnet you can find the source code of buildd.net, a framework to monitor the #Debian #autobuilder network back then. Originated from monitoring the buildds on #m68k.
However, see & compare the times of e.g. binutils over time...
The database still exists, but the buildd.net project itself not.
The 4 buildds aahz, arrakis, elgar and kullervo were each #Amiga with MC68060, 128 MB RAM and sometimes SCSI (arrakis, aahz & kullervo).
Kullervo was the very first autobuilder of Debian in history (AFAIK).
I joined kullervo with arrakis approx. in March 2000. Back then kullervo had a backlog of maybe 2000 packages. And it also hosted the first version of what later became buildd.net.
It consisted of some Rexx and bash scripts.
I operated buildd.net until approx. 2015. The project became too complex with all of its scripts and needed a redesign.
I also operated several Debian autobuilders for the m68k port, without being an official DD, which was something "special" back then and wouldn't be possible today, I think.
I still think that buildd.net was unique and a benefit for the Debian project.
That's some small part of #mystory in Open Source Software and Debian in particular.
What's your #mystory?
