Thanks for the report. Yes, the dependencies should be made more
explicit in the docs.
On 05/11/2011 12:49 AM, butt...@gmail.com wrote:
I've been trying to run the matplotlib test suite but the docs seem
incomplete on this subject.
>> http://matplotlib.github.com/devel/coding_guide.html#running-the-tests
Running the tests is simple. Make sure you have nose installed and
type from within Python:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.test()
To run a single test from the command line, you can provide a
dot-separated path to the module and function, eg. (this is assuming
the test is installed):
nosetests matplotlib.tests.test_simplification:test_clipping
Most test fail when I do what is suggested because PIL is not
installed and is a requirement for all image_comparison tests.
A bit more information in the docs would be helpful for first time
testers.
IMO the optional dependencies required for running the test suite
should be listed (possibly in the installation guide:
>> http://matplotlib.github.com/users/installing.html )
and info should be provided on how to run only the tests that don't
require PIL.
There doesn't really exist a convenient way to do that, and besides the
vast majority of tests are image comparison tests. The when the Python
3.x branch of matplotlib (which is designed to work with Python 2.6
forward) is merged into master, this will all be moot anyways. Since
PIL doesn't yet exist on Python 3.x, the image comparison routines had
to be rewritten without using PIL.
Mike
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