Make matplotlib.test() print meaninful messages when baseline images are not installed #2379
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Reported originally in the mailing list
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg27140.html
After installing matplotlib from standard Ubuntu packages, calling matplotlib.test() results in a lot of errors like:
This seems to be because baseline images are not included in the package (is it also required to run the tests from a particular directory?). I guess it happens in other distros and with windows installers too.