On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 10:27:59AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Moritz Muehlenhoff <j...@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 nonf...@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
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