I'm curious how many of the 64 bit os users out there, really need a 64bit web browser?
Is there any reason you couldn't live with a 32 bit one?
Can Fedora put firefox.i386 in the x86_64 tree, just like several other i386 rpms?
I realize adding it is pretty simple, I've done it for a long
time. However with processors being realitivly cheap new users are
buying the amd64 all the time and want to run a 64 bit os. We either
turn around and tell them, go to mozilla.org
grab the package and install it else were ( can't find fedora bugs ) or
cp your fedora.repo add i386 through it, and overlap a hole lot of
packages, "have fun with that"....
I personally use one from mozilla.org
at the moment because I do need things like flash and plugins like
that. Before you start whining telling me its closed source, my wife
is a photorgrapher and her website has a lot of flash, I'm sure many of
you can understand telling your wife no, can't go to your website
because you used closed source flash would go over like a lead ballon
;) And its not just here site, I go to a lot of places that have flash and so do a lot of people.
Anyway, I propose we either
1.) add firefox.i386 and all the deps to the x86_64 tree and install it by default.
2.) step 1 plus just drop the x86_64 version.
3.) tell me to take a hike
I
don't care which way you do it, like I said I can get it and have for a
long time, but I'm not new to linux, new to 64bit OS or new to Fedora,
and think that person would have a better time in Fedora if they can
use there browser the first go round and get plugins and whatever else
to work.