fixed an enconding bug when checking for gs version

Author: vlsd

lib/matplotlib/__init__.py

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def checkdep_ghostscript():
                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             stdout, stderr = s.communicate()
             if s.returncode == 0:
-                v = stdout[:-1]
+                v = stdout[:-1].decode('ascii')
                 return gs_exec, v
         except (IndexError, ValueError, OSError):
             pass