don't assert latex compilation to speed up tests

Author: nschloe

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Install system dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install -y texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra context python3-tk
+    # - name: Install system dependencies
+    #   run: sudo apt-get install -y texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra context python3-tk
     - name: Test with tox
       run: |
         pip install tox

test/helpers.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def _unidiff_output(expected, actual):
 
 
 def assert_equality(
-    plot, filename, assert_compilation=True, flavor="latex", **extra_get_tikz_code_args
+    plot, filename, assert_compilation=False, flavor="latex", **extra_get_tikz_code_args
 ):
     plot()
     code = tikzplotlib.get_tikz_code(