After battling a while trying to get either a newer version of transmission into EPEL or back-porting security fixes for it, I have decided I don't have the skills nor desire to continue working on it, specifically because I don't use transmission. If somebody else is interested in getting the fixes taken care of with it, please do so. Otherwise it needs to be dropped from EPEL.
stahnma
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