Which maven plugin to be used to generate OSGi bundle and how is bnd-maven-plugin different from maven-bundle-plugin.
maven-bundle-plugin has been around for long time and that is why it most widely used.
bnd-maven-plugin was created not so long ago (mod 2015) to address some issues with maven-bundle-plugin. I suggest you read Neil Bartlett's post to understand the motivations.
The differences I'm aware of are:
maven-bundle-plugin replaces maven's default jar plugin (that is why you need the artifact type to be bundle and not jar) while bnd-maven-plugin does not. The formar causes issues in some cases (with some other maven plugins). The later basically means the packaging is done twice (first by BND and then by maven jar plugin)
maven-bundle-plugin can be configured directly in the pom or via bnd file. bnd-maven-plugin can only be configured via bnd file