[repo-coord] Repo information inside rpm?

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 08:59, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote:
> OK, I've played around with this idea a bit; it is extremely easy to 
> implement. Please note: this is not carved in stone, I am merely playing 
> around. I hope to get input from all the repo-maintainers!
> 
> o  I decided to follow Dag's advice and use the keyworded version.
> 
> o  I decided to use the Distribution tag, for the reason discussed
>     earlier: that is does not show up in the rpm -qi listing. I tried using
>     the Vendor tag, and frankly, it screws up the nice display, since the
>     line tends to be long and wrap around.
> 
> I am sure this would suit most everyone. I did a bit of checking on the 
> RPMs installed on my machine, and in most cases, the Distribution and 
> Vendor tags are almost identical: d=Red Hat Linux v=Red Hat Inc. for 
> example.
> 
> - Dag's packages use the two inconsistently; some packages don't have the
>    Dist tag, some use almost the same string in both.
> 
> - ATrpms never seems to use the Dist tag.
> 
> - Freshrpms uses "Yarrow" or "Fedora" in the Dist tag, and "Freshrpms.net"
>    in the Vendor tag.
> 
> ... so I conclude that probably noone will have really strong feelings
> about this ;-)

to add one more, Planet CCRMA currently uses:
  Distribution: Planet CCRMA

-- Fernando