matplotlib/matplotlib — Issue #516: pylab in matplotlib-1.1.0.win32-py2.5.exe  seems to be broken
Author: durian888
Created: 2011-10-11 15:23:14+00:00
State: open

I have just tried out the installer
matplotlib-1.1.0.win32-py2.5.exe
in 2 different win7 32 bit machines and found for both machines a problem with pylab. When I try to import pylab windows displays a dialog box indicating that python.exe has stopped working.

just to make certain about things, on one machine I uninstalled
matplotlib-1.1.0.win32-py2.5.exe

and installed

matplotlib-1.0.1.win32-py2.5.exe

After doing this python imports pylab without crashing.

one other observation - the new installer matplotlib-1.1.0.win32-py2.5.exe is almost half the size of matplotlib-1.0.1.win32-py2.5.exe,

Dominic