For what it's worth, I have a 2a copy of MySQL 5.1 up at lp:~mnordhoff/mysql-server/mysql-5.1-2a (and 5 other branches, too). Starting from that, it takes me 40 minutes to convert Maria on my Athlon 64 X2 3800+.
(I might upload a copy of Maria, too.)
For what it's worth, I have a 2a copy of MySQL 5.1 up at lp:~mnordhoff/mysql-server/mysql-5.1-2a (and 5 other branches, too). Starting from that, it takes me 40 minutes to convert Maria on my Athlon 64 X2 3800+.
(I might upload a copy of Maria, too.)