[Matplotlib-users] Lots of failing tests raising KnownFailureTest

Hi

When running the testsuite for matplotlib-1.2.0 i.e.

$ nosetests -exe matplotlib

I'm getting a lot of errors of the form:

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ERROR: matplotlib.tests.test_dates.test_empty_date_with_year_formatter.test
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py",
line 197, in runTest
    self.test(*self.arg)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py",
line 72, in test
    self._func()
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py",
line 47, in failer
    raise KnownFailureTest(msg) # An error here when running nose
means that you don't have the
matplotlib.testing.noseclasses:KnownFailure plugin in use.
KnownFailureTest: Test known to fail

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I would expect that these known tests should fail quietly. Shouldn't they?

Cheers

Adam

PS: I'm using python-2.7.3, nose-1.2.1 on Mac OS X 10.8.2 compiled
from MacPorts.