Bug#602838: Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 10:27:59AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> 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.

Yes, that's how I marked python-cogent as auto-buildable. I too had
difficulties to figure out the process. Hence, this bug report.

Cheers,
        Moritz