<ul>
<li>A newly included architecture has to be completely built using
packages available in plain Debian sources. External patches cannot
- be used.<li>
+ be used.</li>
<li>At the time of inclusion a minimal set of binary packages will be
imported into the archive, just enough to get build-essential ready to
<li>There must be at least two machines ready to be maintained
by the Debian System Administrators, so at the start of its
- lifetime there will be at least one buildd and one porter machine.</br />
+ lifetime there will be at least one buildd and one porter machine.<br />
The inclusion into the archive will almost certainly happen before
the machines are handed over to DSA, but this should happen as
(Note that this is the minimum to get into the archive. The release team
may have additional requirements to allow the architecture to release, so
- there would normally need to be more machines, especially more buildds.)
+ there would normally need to be more machines, especially more
+ buildds.)<br />
+
+ <b>Note:</b> The machines, their setup and hosting etc should be
+ coordinated with DSA and needs to be acceptable to DSA. Please
+ <a href="mailto:debian-admin@lists.debian.org">coordinate with
+ them</a>, they might be able to help you in more ways
+ you can imagine, but at least they can help to avoid useless work
+ if a hosting wouldnt be acceptable. :)
</li>
</ul>