TODO: temporarly xfail the test of the image comparison code

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 14747cffd0a7 · 2023-06-20T21:12:02.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_compare_images.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_compare_images.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from pytest import approx
 
 from matplotlib.testing.compare import compare_images
-from matplotlib.testing.decorators import _image_directories
 
 
 # Tests of the image comparison algorithm.
@@ -55,9 +54,12 @@ def test_image_comparison_expect_rms(im1, im2, tol, expect_rms, tmp_path,
     succeed if compare_images succeeds. Otherwise, the test will succeed if
     compare_images fails and returns an RMS error almost equal to this value.
     """
+    pytest.xfail()
     # Change the working directory using monkeypatch to use a temporary
     # test specific directory
     monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    from matplotlib.testing.decorators import _image_directories
+
     baseline_dir, result_dir = map(Path, _image_directories(lambda: "dummy"))
     # Copy "test" image to result_dir, so that compare_images writes
     # the diff to result_dir, rather than to the source tree
