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As generally discussed in issue 28376 there are several possibilities how JNLP can be used to start NetBeans. I am creating this feature request to track progress with the most simple solution: just use JNLP to download, install and start a NetBeans distribution. No changes to the module system are required for this to work (as verified by my first prototype). The code implementing this feature should go to installer/jnlp folder.
I have already started with implementing this. The only remaining task is to be able to use "editions" on top of the platform.
The installer works for me - I am marking this one as fixed. This is not the final solution. I have created new issue 35036 to track progress with the changed specification.
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