Flatpaks are the new wave of installing desktop packages.  Both GNOME and
KDE graphical install/update programs work with flatpaks.
But what about dnf/yum?

I would really like to install, and update, my flatpaks the same as I do
rpms.

FAR
These are the packages that you would see in epel.  They would be in the
format:
  flatpak-<package>-<repo>
  flatpak-firefox-fedora
On installation, they would ensure that the flatpak remote repo is added,
and then install the package globally via flatpak.
On removal, it would remove the globally installed package via flatpak.

FARU
A bit more complicated, but very do-able.
faru would create it's own local dnf repo, as well as add the faru dnf
config pointing at that local dnf repo.
At regular intervals (daily?) it would look at the global flatpak packages
installed.  If there isn't a far for them, it will create one.  It then
looks at the remote package versions to see if there is an update.  If
there is an update, it will create a new far, and put it in it's repo.

Then, whenever the machine updates it's rpms, it will update it's flatpaks
as well.

What do people think?
I'd like both positive and negative feedback.  But I'd also like
explanations/reasons for all feedback.

Troy
p.s. No, I haven't done anything other than in my head.  I would be
surprised if I was the only one to think of this, so I'm expecting someone
to point me to a similar project that I didn't see.
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