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recently I've started working with an open source java gui app that uses jpackage to generate system packages for distributions.

I'm interested in creating a flatpak for this, but I'm not sure what best practices look like for this. Should I attempt to take the files that are generated by jpackage and put those into a flatpak, or should I just take the jar file alone as provide that with a dependency on a runtime that provides java?

fair warning I am a noob in regards to flatpak

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    They don't even let us install wsl2, so annoying

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    LibreOffice development in 2023 – TDF's Annual Report - The Document Foundation Blog
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    There's a post on Reddit where a Brazilian state government org is testing out Ubuntu at scale.

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    My Experience with Tax Filing Software (Spring 2024)
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    Got my tax return recently, was a good chunk too compared to last year which was nice

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    My Experience with Tax Filing Software (Spring 2024)
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    Thanks for the info!

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    how's your week going, Beehaw
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    Found a new cafe today and they're using a bunch of old programming language books in their display

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