default rpm query format on x86_64

[Tyler Larson]

Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> This program was broken already on multiarch platforms because
> it would consider an i386 package a candidate for upgrading
> an x86_64 package.  I've now teached it to consider architectures
> instead of stripping them away.

Which brings up a good point--
x86_64 systems (and perhaps other multiarch platforms) are becoming much more 
common, and the trend will only increase. By keeping the arch out of the 
default query format, we're only encouraging script developers to ignore 
package architectures. That's bad.

It is quite possible that changing the default is the Right Thing to do, and 
would lead to fewer problems altogether down the road--even though it may 
force developers to modify their scripts. Perhaps in the process these 
developers will take a moment to think about how their process would work on a 
  multiarch system.

RedHat has a proud history of breaking backward compatibility when the 
circumstances demand. The negative impact of such this change would probably 
be minimal and short-lived, and overall I think it would be worth it. However, 
this sort of change should be made as part of a new release. Best to wait till 
FC5.