Re: [Matplotlib-users] Lots of failing tests raising KnownFailureTest

[Nelle V. <nel...@gm...>]

Hello,

Hi
>>
>> When running the testsuite for matplotlib-1.2.0 i.e.
>>
>> $ nosetests -exe matplotlib
>>
>
This is not the "correct" way to run the tests. You need to run them using:

python tests.py

I currently have a PR that indicates that in the README


> I'm getting a lot of errors of the form:
>>
>>
> Does the same thing happen with the following command:
>
> python -c "import matplotlib; matplotlib.test()"
>

That's another way of running the tests on matplotlib.


>
> I haven't used nosetest before, so I have no clue if it does anything
> different than we expect.
>

"KnownFailure" is not a "default" nosetest packages. Hence, we have to load
it manually when running the tests.

Hence, all the tests that are known to fail actually fail, so that what we
"expect".

Cheers,
N


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