I have prepared updated debdiff for merge of 1.61-1 from Debian Unstable. In 
fact I have prepared two debdiffs:
- First one is, which is attached to this comment, is the same as 
transmission_1.60-2ubuntu1.debdiff. Only version is bumped.
- The second one disables ipv6.patch which was added by Debian developer to 
enable IPv6 support for connection to the tracker. It is 
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/338671 in Launchpad.
Now, the decision to disable ipv6 patch and not resolve bug 338671 is because 
Transmission developers believe that this fix is doing more harm than good. You 
can read whole bug report on http://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/1731 and 
following is quote from Transmission developer:
"For 1.5x and in trunk currently, IPv6 DNS resolution in libcurl (the library 
we use for tracker communication) is disabled to prevent breakage of trackers 
with AAAA and A records on the same hostname (notably, TPB)". He has also 
stated that TPB is the only case he knows but most likely not the only one.
I have contacted debian maintainer about this patch but so far I got no answer. 
I'd like to know what other, more experienced Ubuntu developers are thinking 
about it. It won't be possible to sync transmission with debian anyway because 
of the few changes we have to make (most notably custom Provides and Replaces 
sections) so we can't remove delta for another few years anyway (Until the end 
of support for 8.04 LTS).

** Bug watch added: Transmission Trac #1731
   http://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/1731

** Attachment added: "transmission_1.61-1ubuntu1.debdiff"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26740986/transmission_1.61-1ubuntu1.debdiff

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Please merge transmission 1.61-1 from Debian unstable (main)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375000
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