[Rpm-metadata] metadata script and sample

[John R. Daily]

At (time_t)1065241052 seth vidal wrote:

> 
> > Could the following fields be punted into an RPM specific namespace?
...
> > license
> Do debian packages not list the license?

No.

> > vendor 
> an optional field even in rpms.

There is an "origin" header, rarely used in Debian, that I would assume
has similar semantics.  This might as well stay.

> > BuildHost (presumably you meant build-host?)
> no - I think I meant buildhost - the system it was built on.

I'd suggest we leave that in the common namespace, as long as it's
optional; there's no reason Debian couldn't provide that for auto-built
packages.

> > url
> does debian not store a general url for the package?

Debian actually does have a url header, which like origin is rarely used.
This one probably should stay.

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