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    Hi!<br>
    <br>
    Now &amp; then I tend to loose my mind &amp; install Ubuntu on one
    of my computers &amp; the last time I did it I heard about PPA's. I
    added a PPA &amp; noticed how fun it was to test the code that it
    offers.<br>
    <br>
    This is the explanation of what PPA is &amp; does according to the
    Ubuntu-page:<br>
    <br>
    <b>"Personal Package Archives (PPA) allow you to upload Ubuntu
      source packages to be built and published as an apt repository by
      Launchpad."</b><br>
    <br>
    My idea would be something similar.<br>
    <br>
    It starts with the user that gets annoyed how some Mageia-packages
    that are meant to be stable that they aren't.<br>
    Instead of having to do the job themselves they can just add a
    special media called user-contrib that contains packages built from
    git-source to be tested in Cauldron &amp; then released as
    Backport-version when confirmed stable enough to see if the issue
    they had on the officially stable package is gone.<br>
    <br>
    I know that it would take many people to build thoose, but I'm
    willing to download git-code &amp; compile &amp; build for Mageia.<br>
    <br>
    I've already managed to compile &amp; build the latest official
    version of Transmission without using the official Mageia patches
    &amp; I've got NO problem at all using the package.<br>
    <br>
    Test theese packages &amp; say what you think:<br>
    <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://199.91.153.84/c75b5l1s469g/yljxa1e92l5mmix/transmission-debug-2.51%2B-1.x86_64.rpm">http://199.91.153.84/c75b5l1s469g/yljxa1e92l5mmix/transmission-debug-2.51%2B-1.x86_64.rpm</a><br>
    <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://199.91.152.243/2wm8pbg3k5eg/9th0m5xxslth99a/transmission-2.51%2B-1.x86_64.rpm">http://199.91.152.243/2wm8pbg3k5eg/9th0m5xxslth99a/transmission-2.51%2B-1.x86_64.rpm</a><br>
    <br>
    /Kristoffer<br>
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