Re: [matplotlib-devel] mysterious test_axes/fill_units failure; buildbot images back online

Andrew Straw wrote:
> I'm a little mystified as to the actual cause, but it 
> again looks like some freetype problem. Mike, do you think it could 
> somehow be related to your recent font work?
>
>   
OK, in the absence of a fix, I just checked in the images that were 
being generated. They didn't look too bad -- probably just a weird 
freetype font hinting difference between the original and re-generated 
images.

Anyhow, now all the tests are passing again, and therefore we shouldn't 
have any more severe bugs like that in r7985 creeping in unnoticed. I 
take this as evidence that it's good to fix (or disable) minor failing 
tests right away so they don't obscure more severe failures.