Omit BOM when parsing issue list for release notes

Change-Id: If241edbb79fecd3d99939a53f70c7c6d78f74e40

buildhelpers/src/com/vaadin/buildhelpers/FetchReleaseNotesTickets.java

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2000-2014 Vaadin Ltd.
- * 
+ *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
  * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
  * the License at
- * 
+ *
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
  * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ public class FetchReleaseNotesTickets {
         List<String> tickets = IOUtils.readLines(urlStream);
 
         for (String ticket : tickets) {
+            // Omit BOM
+            if (!ticket.isEmpty() && ticket.charAt(0) == 65279) {
+                ticket = ticket.substring(1);
+            }
             String[] fields = ticket.split("\t");
             if ("id".equals(fields[0])) {
                 // This is the header