[Feature] Save discontinued software as a full offline installation package

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Recently, I discovered that some software packages I use have been removed from FlatHub due to long-term lack of maintenance.

This application has not seen any update for several years, and is not compatible with non-EOL runtimes anymore.

I understand the reasoning behind this decision, but I genuinely need these applications and hope to continue using them with Flatpak.

Therefore, I was wondering if it would be possible to package these discontinued applications as full Flatpak offline installers and store them in the GitHub releases of their respective metadata repositories.

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You don’t need to deinstall them, when they become EOL, you can keep them installed.

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What I mean is, if I were to lose this software for some reason, such as after reinstalling the system, I’d hope to be able to reinstall these programs again. Because from the description of that prompt, it seems I wouldn’t be able to reinstall this software.

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Then let’s continue in the GitHub issue.

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No you will be able to reinstall. Generally we don’t drop even EOL stuff from the repo unless due to legal issues etc. and even if we drop, we won’t remotely remove the installation in your local PC.

You can also back it up yourself for future installations USB Drives - Flatpak documentation

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In other words, even though these applications have been removed from flathub.org (excludes software removed for legal reasons, includes only those software with reached EOL for their runtime), can I still install them using the following method?？

flatpak install flathub [APP_ID]

Additionally, regarding `flatpak create-usb`, can I set the target path to any local directory instead of a USB drive?

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Yes

can I still install them using the following method?？

Yes unless we remove they fully due to legal issues etc. in which case use create-usb.

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It seems I was worrying unnecessarily. Thank you very much for your help.

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