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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.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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