Hi Gerd,
I had a few problems with the patch because the hunks for test/func/lib/TestUtils.java were rejected. Maybe because it was based on r2330 ?
Oh yes, sorry it was against whatever version was current last time I looked at it on Windows;) I also decided that the last remaining windows-only failure was a test bug, since the definition of an absolute file path is different on Windows, so I fixed that too.
I thought again about the removeShortArgs test issue. I did not yet find a simple solution. Probably the StyledConverter class is not the right place for the removeShortArcsByMergingNodes() method, I'll try to move it down in the chain to the MapDetails class. Please let me know when you prefer a different solution.
The functionality belongs in RoadNetwork or lower as it is not OSM specific. I have more thoughts and I'll continue on a more appropriate thread. ..Steve