firefox.i386 in x86_64 repo

[David Nielsen]

tor, 07 09 2006 kl. 05:04 +0000, skrev Kevin Kofler:
> Warren Togami <wtogami <at> redhat.com> writes:
> > - Ship only i386, as that is the only useful arch.
> 
> The "only useful arch"? Can we please quit assuming everyone needs Flash? I 
> don't even have Flash (or any other proprietary plugin for that matter) 
> installed on this i386 Fedora (I don't have a 64-bit CPU or I'd use x86_64), I 
> don't miss it. Down with Flash ads! Especially those which disable the option 
> to stop the animation or script around it. (That's what I hate about 
> proprietary software, they keep allowing other people to try to decide what I 
> do with my computer.)

Agreed, I happen not to define usefulness in softwares ability to apease
proprietary vendors. 

> > - Ship both, but hide the x86_64 launcher from users.
> 
> I think even that isn't a great solution.

Instead of this exceedingly stupid solution we could actively push
gcjwebplugin, gnash and totem-plugin all of which conform to our freedom
standards while providing the services our users need. No need to give
up functionality for freedom when we can have both.

- David