On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:10:52 -0500, Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> wrote:
I find it *incredibly* useful for this information to be in the
filename.
if its a useful thing to have in the filename.... then the vendor tag
needs to become a standard part of the filename, instead of pushing
more and more and more information into the same tag field.
If its a useful thing to have... in the rpm -q output... then the
vendor tag should become part of the standard rpm -q output.
The rpm tag space is a HUGE wasteland of crap at the moment... and it
needs to be cleaned up and it needs to be used.
-jef