i386 RPMs in x86_64 repos?

[Paul Howarth]

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.