Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/PluginHandler.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/PluginHandler.java	(revision 5506)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/PluginHandler.java	(revision 5508)
@@ -70,5 +70,7 @@
 public class PluginHandler {
 
-    /* deprecated plugins that are removed on start */
+    /**
+     * deprecated plugins that are removed on start
+     */
     public final static Collection<DeprecatedPlugin> DEPRECATED_PLUGINS;
     static {
@@ -445,4 +447,5 @@
             Set<String> missingPlugins = new HashSet<String>();
             for (String requiredPlugin : plugin.requires.split(";")) {
+                requiredPlugin = requiredPlugin.trim();
                 if (!pluginNames.contains(requiredPlugin)) {
                     missingPlugins.add(requiredPlugin);