[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Add real-life examples of Python RPM (PR #3177)

[Jakub Kadlčík]

Once again, sorry for the delay.
@pmatilai I think I addressed all your comments. Can you please take a look again?

> If "real-world" examples are the goal, mightn't it be better to mine actual real-world code that uses the Python API for examples?

I am not aware of any reasonably well-known higher-level tools that use RPM Python API to query, install, and erase packages. I know a few minor tools (some of them mine) that sprinkle some RPM Python API usage here and there but nothing that I'd safely recommend as an example.

It may be a good idea to link such tools in the documentation (Let me know your stance on this, I will be submitting a documentation PR once this one gets merged).

@pmatilai already addressed DNF and its libsolv usage but I'd maybe disagree in general. 

I went for example Python implementations of commonly used `rpm` commands because they are quite easy to understand, it is IMHO a reasonable expectation that Python RPM API users know `rpm` commands, and also devs will likely compare values they get from the API with whatever `rpm` prints. Or see some `rpm` output and say to themself "how the heck do I get this value via API?". At least I do that often.

In the documentation, I can use a different terminology than "real-world" if it is deceiving :-)


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