Previously failing test:

Project A:
==========
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'maven'

version = "1.0"
group='deptest.A'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile "junit:junit:4.10"
}

task testJar(type:Jar) {
    from sourceSets.test.output
    classifier = 'test'
}

artifacts {
    testRuntime     testJar
    archives        testJar
}

uploadArchives {
    repositories {
        mavenDeployer {
        repository(url: uri("build/repo"))
        }
    }
}


Project B:
==========
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'maven'

version = "1.0"
group = "deptest.B"

repositories {
    mavenLocal()
    mavenCentral()
}

task testJar(type:Jar) {
    from sourceSets.test.output
    classifier = 'test'
}

dependencies {
    compile project(":A")
    testCompile project(path: ":A", configuration: 'testRuntime')
}

artifacts {
    testRuntime     testJar
    archives        testJar
}

uploadArchives {
    repositories {
        mavenDeployer {
            repository(url: uri("build/repo"))
        }
    }
}

settings.gradle:
include 'A','B'

Structure:
/
 - A/build.gradle
 - B/build.gadle

Generated pom-default.xml ( Project B):
=======================================

Gradle 1.11:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>deptest.B</groupId>
  <artifactId>B</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>deptest.A</groupId>
      <artifactId>A</artifactId>
      <version>1.0</version>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>deptest.A</groupId>
      <artifactId>A</artifactId>
      <version>1.0</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>


Gradle clone from master with patch of DefaultPomDependenciesConverter.java: (Project B)
=================================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>deptest.B</groupId>
  <artifactId>B</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>deptest.A</groupId>
      <artifactId>A</artifactId>
      <version>1.0</version>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>deptest.A</groupId>
      <artifactId>A</artifactId>
      <version>1.0</version>
      <classifier>test</classifier>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>


Summary: Classifier is decorated after the patch has been applied.