[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] `%patchlist` should have a way to group patches (Issue #3109)

[Panu Matilainen]

Automatic patch numbering (whether %patchlist or unnumbered patches) and manual patch application based on them is a recipe for disaster that's best avoided IMO.

The raison d'être of %patchlist is to minimize boilerplate in the common case where you just want to apply all patches.  If you need precise control over patch numbers, better do so explicitly. One possible solution for this is to use manual Patch5123: numbering for those patches you need conditions on, just pick a sufficiently large starting number so the list doesn't clash (but it'll error out if that hapens).

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