> How would you distinct > > > foo-1.0-1.fc3.zork.i386.rpm > > foo-1.0-1.fc3.dag.i386.rpm I wouldn't. They wouldn't be in the same repository. And if they're in different repositories then they'll have different checksums/pkgids. > if both zork and dag were ommitted ? You don't think it's useful, I think > it helps. nope. Just means a user thinks something is from somewhere by looking at the filename, not looking at the content or the signature. > If you use different repositories and there's no coordination, there's no > proper way to compare the release tags anyway. The discussion about either > the disttag or the vendortag are useless. not really. It's a start to figuring out how to revert 'release' back to a useful field. > > It's, at best, an easy false positive match and it reduces > > available namespace for items usable in the release tag. > > "It reduces available namespace for items usable in the release tag" ?? > > Can't compute, please elaborate. It limits the possible items that can be put in the release field. You pollute the namespace by adding non-release-numbering data there. ie: .dag., .fr., .fdr. it's just extra cruft that makes it harder to discern what is real/useful. -sv