[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Add an ArchiveX header (#372)

[Jeff Johnson]

The URL in a SourceN: tag is informative only, specifying where the tarball came from.

Meanwhile, only the basename(2) of that URL has ever been used or needed by rpmbuild.
The basename is appended to %_sourcedir where the tarball (or other source) is expected.

There is no reason whatsoever that you cannot use SourceN: as if it were your proposed ArchiveX: tag,
particularly for those circumstances where there is no upstream link that contains a tarball (or other source).

Appending #/archiveX has the distinct advantage of being backward compatible to all versions of
rpm build, unlike your proposed addition of an ArchiveX: tag, which would create instant incompatibility with all deployed versions of RPM.

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