At this stage these are mainly my own notes on errors we have been seeing on Travis to see if I can find a pattern that can give a clue what the issue is:
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FAIL: matplotlib.tests.test_backend_pdf.test_hatching_legend.test
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest
self.test(*self.arg)
File "/home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-2.0.0b1+40.g2855857-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py", line 55, in failer
result = f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-2.0.0b1+40.g2855857-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py", line 251, in do_test
self._tol, in_decorator=True)
File "/home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-2.0.0b1+40.g2855857-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/matplotlib/testing/compare.py", line 337, in compare_images
rms = calculate_rms(expectedImage, actualImage)
File "/home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-2.0.0b1+40.g2855857-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/matplotlib/testing/compare.py", line 248, in calculate_rms
"actual size {1}".format(expectedImage.shape, actualImage.shape))
ImageComparisonFailure: image sizes do not match expected size: (144, 72, 3) actual size (346, 461, 3)
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FAIL: matplotlib.tests.test_mathtext.test_mathfont_dejavuserif_12.test
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest
self.test(*self.arg)
File "/home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-2.0.0b1+40.g2855857-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py", line 55, in failer
result = f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-2.0.0b1+40.g2855857-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py", line 261, in do_test
'(RMS %(rms).3f)'%err)
ImageComparisonFailure: images not close: /home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/result_images/test_mathtext/mathfont_dejavuserif_12.png vs. /home/travis/build/matplotlib/matplotlib/result_images/test_mathtext/mathfont_dejavuserif_12-expected.png (RMS 48.746)
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At this stage these are mainly my own notes on errors we have been seeing on Travis to see if I can find a pattern that can give a clue what the issue is:
From #6585 python2.7