Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/PluginListParser.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/PluginListParser.java	(revision 13695)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/PluginListParser.java	(revision 13696)
@@ -68,4 +68,7 @@
                 if (line.startsWith("\t")) {
                     line = line.substring(1);
+                    /* NOTE: Although manifest specification says line should not be longer than 72 bytes it
+                       supports more than 500 bytes and thus even the longest possible 72 character UTF-8, so
+                       this code correctly splits the text at 70 characters, not bytes. */
                     while (line.length() > 70) {
                         manifest.append(line.substring(0, 70)).append('\n');