[Matplotlib-users] matplotlib.test() no errors, but $nosetest matplotlib.tests -> errors and failure?

[Adam <ada...@gm...>]

Hello, I have just updated to v1.0.0 and am trying to run the test
suite to make sure everything is ok.  There seems to be two different
suites and I am not sure which is correct/current:

$python -c 'import matplotlib; matplotlib.test()'
[...snipped output...]
Ran 138 tests in 390.991s
OK (KNOWNFAIL=2)

$nosetests matplotlib.tests I get:
[...snipped output]
Ran 144 tests in 380.165s
FAILED (errors=4, failures=1)

Two of these errors are the known failures from above, and the other
two are in "matplotlib.tests.test_text.test_font_styles":
ImageComparisonFailure: images not close:
/home/adam/result_images/test_text/font_styles.png vs.
/home/adam/result_images/test_text/expected-font_styles.png (RMS
23.833)
ImageComparisonFailure: images not close:
/home/adam/result_images/test_text/font_styles_svg.png vs.
/home/adam/result_images/test_text/expected-font_styles_svg.png (RMS
12.961)

The module that fails is:

FAIL: matplotlib.tests.test_mlab.test_recarray_csv_roundtrip
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/nose-0.11.4-py2.6.egg/nose/case.py",
line 186, in runTest
   self.test(*self.arg)
 File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/matplotlib/tests/test_mlab.py",
line 24, in test_recarray_csv_roundtrip
   assert np.allclose( expected['x'], actual['x'] )
AssertionError



I am not sure of the importance level of these - but I wanted to ask
to see if I should do anything or if they can safely be ignored.

Thanks,
Adam.