[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] RPM v6 package format, first public draft for commenting (Discussion #2374)

[Panu Matilainen]

Because in rpm < 4.18, we have this silly check in there:

```
    if (lead->major < 3 || lead->major > 4) {
        *msg = xstrdup(_("unsupported RPM package version"));
        return RPMRC_FAIL;
    }
```

Putting 6 in the otherwise unused lead would render v6 packages unreadable by a huge range of older rpm versions that have otherwise zero problems accessing it. It's just not worth it.

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