Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Paul Howarth writes:
Unlikely to help. The trend is towards having *more* i386 packages in
the x86_64 repo, not less. See:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-October/msg00722.html
Whilst some of us would like to be able to easily install a "pure"
64-bit system, some regard the omission of 32-bit support as
"crippling the OS".
It would be nice if a representative of this "some" group please explain
exactly what exactly is being "crippled" in the OS, unless you stuff a
crapload of i686 gunk into it?
I must've been out of town, recently, but I thought that Fedora was
supposed to be a distribution based solely on free and open source
software. So I really don't understand WTF anyone needs the i686 crap
for. If I want to install any FOSS software I get it, build it, and
install it. Naturally, it gets built as native 64bit code. So what do
I need the 32bit code for, again?
I agree entirely; perhaps you could repost your response as a reply to
Jesse Keating's message on fedora-devel-list:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-November/msg00027.html
Paul.
