Because it would be unnecessary bloat in cross-version .spec files.
Oh dear. It's the end of the world that! I'd rather have a .spec file that properly manages dependencies than install something only for it to blow up because someone didn't specify the dependencies properly :-)
I'd say everybody installing packages not directly shipped by the distribution should be familiar enough to choose a version-specific repo.
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