The firefox package hold the /usr/bin/firefox file, and all the firefox libraries. On FC5, non-mozilla gecko-based browsers used to linked against mozilla which was splitted into several packages. Now that they are linked against firefox, x86_64 systems dont have the possibility anymore to have an i386 browser for binary-only plugins (flash, java sun, etc...) because both firefox.i386 and firefox.x86_64 are installed and because firefox.x86_64 has the /usr/bin/firefox binary. To remove firefox.x86_64 we would need to remove some *other* x86_64 packages That's why spliting the firefox package (e.g: into firefox and firefox-libs) would make things quite easier for people. What do you think ?
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This isn't going to happen. The libraries always have been installed in the same RPM as the binaries and that isn't going to change. Especially not for a previous release where RPMs are possibly dependent on the existing behavior.