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Re:Debian elects new project leader, PPA support proposed by josinalvo on Monday April 20, 2015 @12:26PM (#9409156)
Isn't it the case that ubuntu compiles the packages themselves ?

This offers a measure of security agains malicious binaries ...

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Re:Debian elects new project leader, PPA support proposed by alphapapa on Monday April 20, 2015 @02:24PM (#9409911)
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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