[Matplotlib-devel] ANN mpl v1.5.1rc1

[Matthew Brett]

Hi,

On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Thomas Caswell <tcaswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> We are happy to announce the first RC for 1.5.1, the first bug-fix release
> is the 1.5.x series, please kick the tires.  Given the scale of the changes
> from 1.5.0 we are planning a short RC cycle with a 1.5.1 final tagged on
> 2016-01-06.
>
> To see the differences between 1.5.0 and 1.5.1rc1 .
>
> We had not planned to do a 1.5.1 release, but the style changes for v2.0
> revealed a number of critical issues which needed to be addressed.  The time
> line for 2.0 is contingent on how well that work goes and if we discover any
> other major work that needs to be done to support the default style changes.
> The goal is v2.0.0rc1 sometime in the Q1 of 2016 with a long rc cycle to
> have as many users as possible try the new defaults prior to tagging v2.
>
> Thank you to everyone who reported bugs and fixes against v1.5.0.

OSX wheels for testing at wheels.scipy.org:

pip install --pre --trusted-host wheels.scipy.org -f
http://wheels.scipy.org matplotlib

Matthew