Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.

[developers-reference.git] / pkgs.dbk

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@@ -1871,6 +1871,35 @@ role="package">ftp.debian.org</systemitem>.
 </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id="non-free-buildd">
+<title>Marking non-free packages as auto-buildable</title>
+<para>
+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:
+</para>
+<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Check whether it is legally allowed and technically possible
+to auto-build the package ;
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Add <literal>XS-Autobuild: yes</literal> into the header part
+of <filename>debian/control</filename> ;
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Send an email to &email-nonfree-release; and explain why the
+package can legitimately and technically be auto-built.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</section>
 </section>
 
 <section id="nmu">