[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Build version (build tag?) in RPM (Discussion #2031)

[Miroslav Suchý]

> Do I understand correctly that rpm, dnf, mock and other tooling operate on rpm metadata and don't use filename for anything?

Right

> So filename only matters for the external user, like a sysadmin who tries to do something with the list of filenames without proper metadata access?

Right. And if you overload them, there is a risk that they will ignore the whole thing.

> Should it be tracked on a build system side or we need a "binary changelog" next to the "spec changelog" in the rpm itself?

Personally, I would prefer dual changelog. But I have no idea how to implement it :)



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