On behalf of a veritable army of super coders, I'm pleased to announce the release of matplotlib 1.3.0. Downloads Downloads are available here: <http://matplotlib.org/downloads.html>http://matplotlib.org/downloads.html as well as through |pip|. Check with your distro for when matplotlib 1.3.0 will become packaged for your environment. (Note: Mac .dmg installers are still forthcoming due to some issues with the new installation approach.) Important known issues matplotlib no longer ships with its Python dependencies, including dateutil, pytz, pyparsing and six. When installing from source or |pip|, |pip| will install these for you automatically. When installing from packages (on Linux distributions, MacPorts, homebrew etc.) these dependencies should also be handled automatically. The Windows binary installers do not include or install these dependencies. You may need to remove any old matplotlib installations before installing 1.3.0 to ensure matplotlib has access to the latest versions of these dependencies. The following backends have been removed: QtAgg (Qt version 3.x only), FlktAgg and Emf. For a complete list of removed features, see <http://matplotlib.org/api/api_changes.html#changes-in-1-3>http://matplotlib.org/api/api_changes.html#changes-in-1-3 What's new * xkcd-style sketch plotting * webagg backend for displaying and interacting with plots in a web browser * event plots * triangular grid interpolation * control of baselines in stackplot * many improvements to text and color handling For a complete list of what's new, see <http://matplotlib.org/users/whats_new.html#new-in-matplotlib-1-3>http://matplotlib.org/users/whats_new.html#new-in-matplotlib-1-3 Have fun, and enjoy matplotlib! Michael Droettboom