Tilestache fails to start

[kalxas]

Tilestache configuration needs update:

user@osgeolive:~$ tilestache-server -c /usr/local/share/mapnik/demo/tilestache.cfg -p 8012
Error loading Tilestache config:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/tilestache-server", line 55, in <module>
    app = TileStache.WSGITileServer(config=options.file, autoreload=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/TileStache/__init__.py", line 374, in __init__
    self.config = parseConfig(config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/TileStache/__init__.py", line 136, in parseConfig
    return Config.buildConfiguration(config_dict, dirpath)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/TileStache/Config.py", line 226, in buildConfiguration
    config.layers[name] = _parseConfigLayer(layer_dict, config, dirpath)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/TileStache/Config.py", line 472, in _parseConfigLayer
    layer.provider = _class(layer, **provider_kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/TileStache/Mapnik.py", line 94, in __init__
    engine = mapnik.FontEngine.instance()
AttributeError: type object 'FontEngine' has no attribute 'instance'

[bakaniko]

Tilestache is also use in the Leaflet quickstart

[darkblueb]

posted CALL for participation on Tilestache support list (GoogleGroups)

[kalxas]

Fix committed: ​https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/commit/68b667248d425f9a52769393ce2c8de797e67403

[kalxas]

confirmed fixed in beta3