[Rpm-maint] various bug fixes (patches)

[Jason Corley]

> rpm.org isn't beholden to anyone. We'd just like some polite heads-up on
> how this feature will work in rpm, so that we can document its
> recommended use in Fedora.

Doesn't seem to me like that would scale very well.  If $DISTRO is
interested in upstream participation or use it's their job to stay up
on current events and new features.  Do the glibc or kernel devs
provide polite heads up to the FPC?
Jason