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Adding ppa fails on Ubuntu 19.10 #3231

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Linux distribution and version

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=19.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=eoan
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 19.10"

Flatpak version

none

Description of the problem

I'm trying to follow the quick setup instructions from the website, but all I get is a 404 and a cryptic error about a missing Release file

Steps to reproduce

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak
  Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~alexlarsson/+archive/ubuntu/flatpak
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.

Hit:1 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease
Hit:2 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease                     
Ign:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexlarsson/flatpak/ubuntu eoan InRelease               
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security InRelease [97,5 kB]
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu eoan InRelease                    
Err:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexlarsson/flatpak/ubuntu eoan Release               
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [204 B]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [1.424 B]
Reading package lists... Done                          
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexlarsson/flatpak/ubuntu eoan Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

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