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		savingsPossible on April 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Debian elects new project leader, PPA support prop... Isn't it the case that ubuntu compiles the packages themselves ? This offers a measure of security agains malicious binaries ...

alphapapa on April 20, 2015 [–]

No, individuals can upload binary packages to PPAs.

Even if Launchpad builds the binary package, Ubuntu does not review packages' content.

The trust model for PPAs requires users to trust PPA owners, not Ubuntu.

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