[Debian-astro-maintainers] python-astropy and matplotlib unit tests

[Ole Streicher]

Hi Leo,

"Leo P. Singer" <leo.p.singer at nasa.gov> writes:
> I am attaching a patch (git-am style) that enables pytest-mpl tests
> for python-astropy.

Just commit it to the git repo. That is the reason we have team
maintenance :-)

> However, I have just now realized that all of the matplotlib unit
> tests are skipped anyway because they use remote data. Oops!

No idea about this. Anyway, it may be useful. You also could open an
astropy issue asking for some non-remote tests.

> Also, I've uploaded a rebuild for jessie-backports to
> mentors.debian.net. Would you please upload it?
>
> https://mentors.debian.net/package/pytest-mpl

I am not sure if this works. As far as I understand, backports must be
in "testing", which is not the case for pytest-mpl yet.

Cheers

Ole