matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #1237 by cgohlke (2012-09-12 20:41:47+00:00)
Title: Fix `ValueError: could not convert string to float` on Windows/MikTeX

On Windows with MikTeX 2.9, the backend_pgf backend frequently fails with

```
File "X:\Python32\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_pgf.py", line 348, in get_width_height_descent
w, h, o = float(width[:-2]), float(height[:-2]), float(offset[:-2])
ValueError: could not convert string to float: '2.49608p'
```