[matplotlib-devel] font problems: fc-list takes up 100% of CPU and runs forever

[Russell E. O. <ro...@uw...>]

I distribute a Mac application using matplotlib.

Recent versions that use matplotlib 1.3.0 fail to run on some new 
accounts. The symptoms are that the application never finishes loading 
and a task named "fc-list" takes up 100% of a core -- for as long as 
we've let it run (a good fraction of an hour).

The only solution we've found is to copy ~/.matplotlib from an account 
where it works to the new account.

It is reproducible on some machines, but unfortunately not mine. When I 
create a new account on my machine I do not see the problem. Thus I have 
not yet been able to come up with a minimal case that shows the problem. 
I'll try to get more info.

Is this is a known issue?

-- Russell