[Python-modules-team] Bug#474001: savefig as pdf not working in python2.5

[Soeren Sonnenburg]

Package: python-matplotlib
Version: 0.90.1-4
Severity: important

one basically cannot save figures as .pdf using python 2.5.

the reason is simple:

[...]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_pdf.py", line 505, in get_char_width
    unicode = cp1252.decoding_map[charcode] or 0
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'decoding_map'


decoding_map is known under decoding_table in python2.5

maybe version 0.91 fixes this?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-rc7-sonne (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages python-matplotlib depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.22.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                  2.7-10            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.4.14-1          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libffi4                4.3.0-2           Foreign Function Interface library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.5-1+b1        FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.0-2         GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.16.1-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.12.9-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.20.0-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.15~beta5-3    PNG library - runtime
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.0-2           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  python                 2.4.4-6           An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-central         0.6.1             register and build utility for Pyt
ii  python-dateutil        1.4-1             powerful extensions to the standar
ii  python-dev             2.4.4-6           Header files and a static library 
ii  python-gobject         2.14.1-3          Python bindings for the GObject li
ii  python-gtk2            2.12.1-1          Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-matplotlib-data 0.90.1-4          Python based plotting system (data
ii  python-numarray-ext    1.5.2-3.1         Extension modules for Python array
ii  python-numeric-ext     24.2-8.2          Extension modules for Numeric Pyth
ii  python-numpy           1:1.0.4-7         Numerical Python adds a fast array
ii  python-qt3             3.17.4-1          Qt3 bindings for Python
ii  python-tk              2.4.4-3           Tkinter - Writing Tk applications 
ii  python-tz              2008a-1           Python version of the Olson timezo
ii  tcl8.4                 8.4.18-2          Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8
ii  tk8.4                  8.4.18-1          Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.4 -
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages python-matplotlib recommends:
ii  dvipng                        1.9-6      convert DVI files to PNG graphics

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