[Matplotlib-users] Why are matplotlib RGB images of dimensions (row, column, plane)

[Fabien]

Hi all,

just to follow up a quite intense discussion on the numpy mailing list 
about dimensions ordering: why are matplotlib RGB images of dimensions 
(row, column, plane) instead of the standard (plane, row, column)?

I guess this has been asked thousand times but I can't seem to find the 
answer...

Thanks!

Fabien