> The reason why it is useful to have it in the filename (together with the > distribution tag) is that every output that concerns packages show the > package name. And it allows to identify immediately where it came from and > what it was build for. > > It may not have been the purpose of the release-tag, but it's useful to > many (instead of silly). It wouldn't even matter if RPM had a special > extra tag after the release tag specially for this because it would act > exactly the same anyway (and would require change to all tools to be able > to show it). > the release-tag is considered in dependency resolution and version comparison - I think removing all 'brands' from dep resolution and version comparison is much more fair. -sv