rpm-4.4 has disttag (was: Re: Fedora Project launches Pre-Extras)

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

>>>>Change is how improvements are made.  Start by changing things for FC4, 
>>>>and continue to use the legacy methods for older distros.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Go ahead. I'm not stopping you.
>>>      
>>>
>>>This discussion is not about the future, this discussion is about the past 
>>>and the present.
>>>      
>>>
>>I beg to differ, this whole thread has been about the future. How things
>>are done, in the future, for fedora extras.
>>    
>>
>This was not about the future and not about Fedora Extras. It was about 
>disttags and repotags in general.
>
>You've been wrong if you think I was arguing for a change in Fedora Extras.
>
>Disttags and repotags are necessary for 3rd party repositories and I have 
>not argued about anything else than that.
>

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143389


------- Additional Comments From jbj at redhat.com  2004-12-29 00:59 -------
rpm-4.4 has Disttag: (reluctantly, I do not believe Disttag: is
useful or viable).

So it's not the rpm implementation that is preventing repository
markers in packages.