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Netbeans 7.4 adds Native Packaging for JavaSE projects. We should be able to use this functionality from Maven projects too.
do you know what maven plugin performs the task?
This is the best I could find: http://zenjava.com/javafx/maven/native-bundle.html There might be others but it looks like this field is undergoing active development.
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue. Thanks for your cooperation, NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss
Still relevant in dev build 201607060002. See https://github.com/javafx-maven-plugin/javafx-maven-plugin for an updated plugin. Google shows other libraries as well.