[Rpm-maint] arbitrary tag definition and use from the python interface

[Peter Bowen]

On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 13:22 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> I was wondering how possible/doable it would be to support arbitrary tag
> definition w/i an rpm.
> 
> so in the specfile I could do (for example)
> 
> TagDef: mytag
> mytag: foovalue
> 
> Then that would get thrown into the rpm when built and when I open up
> the header in rpm-python maybe I could do:
> 
> hdr.mytag
> >>> 'foovalue'
>
> How reasonable is that to consider for later versions of rpm?

Maybe 

TagDef: MyTag 20003
MyTag: foovalue

would work on the build end.  I'm not sure about the reading end.  Maybe
tag definitions could go in rpmrc? (I don't think macros are right for
tag definitions)

Thanks.
Peter