Build app as a JPackage app-image before making other installers [1 XMR]

[Jabster28]

Right now, the Linux CI builder uses JPackage to build for each platform, but the package is reset every time. JPackage supports building into an intermediary app-image (not an AppImage) and building the individual installers on top of that. Using this instead of rebuilding that will save a lot of CI minutes, and may be necessary once we also have Flatpaks and AppImages.

I've been thinking of doing this for a bit, and @\TheTollingBell raised the idea of putting it in an issue. I'll try and get this done after we merge these two PRs, as that'll be less likely to break anything.

[Jabster28]

Should've mentioned: blocked by #1222, #1223, and #1250

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[woodser]

I've added a bounty of 0.5 XMR to this issue.

@TheTollingBell (from your comment).

[TheTollingBell]

I'm on it. Should be done by end of tomorrow EST time.

[TheTollingBell]

Sorry, forgot that #1230 was blocking. I'll wait till all blocking PRs are merged before starting.

[woodser]

@TheTollingBell the changes from #1230 have been merged to master, so we're ready to build to the intermediary JPackage app image.

[woodser]

@Jabster28 has expressed interest in working on this too, in which case we're happy to take the first acceptable solution, in the interest of time for the next release.

[TheTollingBell]

Almost done with my changes. I forgot to check on this issue lol.