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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