matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #1660 by vterron (2013-01-14 18:53:46+00:00)
Title: Explain that matplotlib must be built before the HTML documentation

Attempting to generate the HTML documentation right after cloning the
repository results in a cryptic error message as one of the required
files, mpl-data/matplotlibrc, is created when matplotlib is built. It
seems that other people have come across this problem in the past [1],
so mentioning it here might be of help to newcomers.

[1] http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=21478615