Bug#602838: Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable
Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debian.org> writes:
> This should be a section below "5.10 Porting and being ported":
> Marking non-free packages as auto-buildable
> -------------------------------------------
> By default packages from non-free are not built by the autobuilder
> network (mostly because the license of the packages could disapprove).
> To enable a package to be build you need to perform the following
> steps:
> - Check whether it's legally allowed and technically possible
> to auto-build the package
> - Add "XS-Autobuild: yes" into the header part of debian/control
> - Send an email to nonfree@release.debian.net and explain why the
> package can legitimately and technically be auto-built
Does this work again now? The last time I asked in debian-devel, I was
told that nothing looked at this, but I probably missed an announcement.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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