matplotlib · dstansby · Feb 14, 2018 · Feb 12, 2018 · Feb 12, 2018 · Feb 12, 2018
diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ environment:
     # theoretically the CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN could be only two: one for 32bit,
     # one for 64bit because we construct envs anyway. But using one for the
     # right python version is hopefully making it fast due to package caching.
-    - PYTHON_VERSION: "2.7"
-      CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN: "C:\\Miniconda-x64"
-      TEST_ALL: "no"
     - PYTHON_VERSION: "3.5"
       CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN: "C:\\Miniconda35-x64"
       TEST_ALL: "no"

diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ doc-bundle-run: &doc-bundle
 #
 
 jobs:
-  docs-python35:
+  docs-python36:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.5
+      - image: circleci/python:3.6
     steps:
       - checkout
 
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ jobs:
           name: "Deploy new docs"
           command: ./.circleci/deploy-docs.sh
 
-  docs-python27:
+  docs-python35:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:2.7
+      - image: circleci/python:3.5
     steps:
       - checkout
 
@@ -128,23 +128,14 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           <<: *deps-install
           environment:
-            NUMPY_VERSION: "==1.7.1"
-      # Linkchecker only works with python 2.7 for the time being.
-      # Linkchecker is currently broken with requests 2.10.0 so force an earlier version.
-      - run: pip install --user $PRE requests==2.9.2 linkchecker
+            NUMPY_VERSION: "==1.10.0"
       - run: *mpl-install
 
       - run: *doc-build
 
       # We don't build the LaTeX docs here, so linkchecker will complain
       - run: touch doc/build/html/Matplotlib.pdf
 
-      # Linkchecker only works with python 2.7 for the time being
-      - run:
-          name: linkchecker
-          command: ~/.local/bin/linkchecker build/html/index.html
-          working_directory: doc
-
       - run: *doc-bundle
       - store_artifacts:
           path: doc/build/sphinx-gallery-files.tar.gz
@@ -166,4 +157,4 @@ workflows:
   build:
     jobs:
       - docs-python35
-      - docs-python27
+      - docs-python36
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,20 +65,20 @@ env:
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    - python: 2.7
+    - python: 3.5
       # pytest-cov>=2.3.1 due to https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov/issues/124.
       env:
         - CYCLER=cycler==0.10
         - DATEUTIL=python-dateutil==2.1
         - MOCK=mock
         - NOSE=nose
-        - NUMPY=numpy==1.7.1
+        - NUMPY=numpy==1.10.0
         - PANDAS='pandas<0.21.0'
         - PYPARSING=pyparsing==2.0.1
         - PYTEST=pytest==3.1.0
         - PYTEST_COV=pytest-cov==2.3.1
         - SPHINX=sphinx==1.3
-    - python: 3.4
+    - python: 3.5
       env: PYTHON_ARGS=-OO
     - python: 3.6
       env: DELETE_FONT_CACHE=1 PANDAS='pandas<0.21.0' PYTEST_PEP8=pytest-pep8 RUN_PEP8=--pep8
@@ -110,8 +110,12 @@ before_install:
       export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH
     else
       brew update
-      brew tap homebrew/gui
-      brew install python libpng ffmpeg imagemagick mplayer ccache
+      brew install python3 libpng ffmpeg imagemagick mplayer ccache
+      # make 'python' mean 'python3'
+      ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
+      hash -r
+      which python
+      python --version
       # We could install ghostscript and inkscape here to test svg and pdf
       # but this makes the test time really long.
       # brew install ghostscript inkscape
@@ -126,10 +130,10 @@ install:
     ccache -s
     git describe
     # Upgrade pip and setuptools and wheel to get as clean an install as possible
-    pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+    python -mpip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
   - |
     # Install dependencies from PyPI
-    pip install --upgrade $PRE \
+    python -mpip install --upgrade $PRE \
         codecov \
         coverage \
         $CYCLER \
@@ -148,22 +152,22 @@ install:
     # install was successful by trying to import the toolkit (sometimes, the
     # install appears to be successful but shared libraries cannot be loaded at
     # runtime, so an actual import is a better check).
-    pip install cairocffi pgi &&
+    python -mpip install cairocffi pgi &&
       python -c 'import pgi as gi; gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0"); from pgi.repository import Gtk' &&
       echo 'pgi is available' ||
       echo 'pgi is not available'
-    pip install pyqt5==5.9 &&
+    python -mpip install pyqt5==5.9 &&
       python -c 'import PyQt5.QtCore' &&
       echo 'PyQt5 is available' ||
       echo 'PyQt5 is not available'
-    pip install -U --pre \
+    python -mpip install -U --pre \
       --no-index -f https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-14.04 \
       wxPython &&
       python -c 'import wx' &&
       echo 'wxPython is available' ||
       echo 'wxPython is not available'
 
-    pip install $PRE \
+    python -mpip install $PRE \
         $PYTEST \
         $PYTEST_COV \
         pytest-faulthandler \
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ install:
     cp ci/travis/setup.cfg .
   - |
     # Install matplotlib
-    pip install -ve .
+    python -mpip install -ve .
 
 before_script:
   - |

diff --git a/INSTALL.rst b/INSTALL.rst
@@ -32,43 +32,14 @@ Although not required, we suggest also installing ``IPython`` for
 interactive use.  To easily install a complete Scientific Python
 stack, see :ref:`install_scipy_dists` below.
 
-.. _installing_windows:
-
-Windows
--------
-
-In case Python 2.7 or 3.4 are not installed for all users,
-the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
-(`64 bit <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15336>`__
-or
-`32 bit <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29>`__
-for Python 2.7) or Microsoft Visual C++ 2010
-(`64 bit <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14632>`__
-or
-`32 bit <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555>`__
-for Python 3.4) redistributable packages need to be installed.
 
 macOS
 -----
 
-If you are using Python 2.7 on a Mac you may need to do::
-
-  xcode-select --install
-
-so that *subprocess32*, a dependency, may be compiled.
-
 To use the native OSX backend you will need :ref:`a framework build
 <osxframework-faq>` build of Python.
 
 
-Linux
------
-
-On extremely old versions of Linux and Python 2.7 you may need to
-install the master version of *subprocess32* (`see comments
-<https://github.com/google/python-subprocess32/issues/12#issuecomment-304724113>`__).
-
-
 Test Data
 ---------
 
@@ -167,7 +138,7 @@ Dependencies
 
 Matplotlib requires a large number of dependencies:
 
-  * `Python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_ (>= 2.7 or >= 3.4)
+  * `Python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_ (>= 3.5)
   * `NumPy <http://www.numpy.org>`_ (>= |minimum_numpy_version|)
   * `setuptools <https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__
   * `dateutil <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-dateutil>`_ (>= 2.1)
@@ -177,10 +148,6 @@ Matplotlib requires a large number of dependencies:
   * FreeType (>= 2.3)
   * `cycler <http://matplotlib.org/cycler/>`__ (>= 0.10.0)
   * `six <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six>`_
-  * `backports.functools_lru_cache <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/backports.functools_lru_cache>`_
-    (for Python 2.7 only)
-  * `subprocess32 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/subprocess32/>`_ (for Python
-    2.7 only, on Linux and macOS only)
   * `kiwisolver <https://github.com/nucleic/kiwi>`__ (>= 1.0.0)
 
 Optionally, you can also install a number of packages to enable better user
@@ -325,8 +292,6 @@ without fiddling with environment variables::
   conda install pyqt
   # this package is only available in the conda-forge channel
   conda install -c conda-forge msinttypes
-  # for Python 2.7
-  conda install -c conda-forge backports.functools_lru_cache
 
   # copy the libs which have "wrong" names
   set LIBRARY_LIB=%CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV%\Library\lib

diff --git a/ci/travis/test_script.sh b/ci/travis/test_script.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ fi
 
 echo The following args are passed to pytest $PYTEST_ARGS $RUN_PEP8
 
-pytest $PYTEST_ARGS $RUN_PEP8
+python -mpytest $PYTEST_ARGS $RUN_PEP8
diff --git a/doc/faq/installing_faq.rst b/doc/faq/installing_faq.rst
@@ -216,11 +216,6 @@ the disk image installer only works for Python.org Python, and will not get
 picked up by other Pythons.  If all these fail, please :ref:`let us know
 <reporting-problems>`.
 
-Windows Notes
-=============
-
-See :ref:`installing_windows`.
-
 .. _install-from-git:
 
 Install from source

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
 to MATLAB&reg;, a registered trademark of The MathWorks, Inc.
 
 """
+# NOTE: This file must remain Python 2 compatible for the forseeable future,
+# to ensure that we error out properly for existing editable installs.
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
 import six
@@ -122,6 +124,17 @@
 import tempfile
 import warnings
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 5):  # noqa: E402
+    raise ImportError("""
+Matplotlib 3.0+ does not support Python 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, or 3.4.
+Beginning with Matplotlib 3.0, Python 3.5 and above is required.
+
+See Matplotlib `INSTALL.rst` file for more information:
+
+    https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/master/INSTALL.rst
+
+""")
+
 # cbook must import matplotlib only within function
 # definitions, so it is safe to import from it here.
 from . import cbook
@@ -142,7 +155,7 @@
 
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-__version__numpy__ = str('1.7.1')  # minimum required numpy version
+__version__numpy__ = str('1.10.0')  # minimum required numpy version
 
 __bibtex__ = r"""@Article{Hunter:2007,
   Author    = {Hunter, J. D.},

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ def _dt64_to_ordinalf(d):
 
     # the "extra" ensures that we at least allow the dynamic range out to
     # seconds.  That should get out to +/-2e11 years.
-    extra = d - d.astype('datetime64[s]')
+    # NOTE: First cast truncates; second cast back is for NumPy 1.10.
+    extra = d - d.astype('datetime64[s]').astype(d.dtype)
     extra = extra.astype('timedelta64[ns]')
     t0 = np.datetime64('0001-01-01T00:00:00').astype('datetime64[s]')
     dt = (d.astype('datetime64[s]') - t0).astype(np.float64)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 setup.cfg.template for more information.
 """
 
+# NOTE: This file must remain Python 2 compatible for the forseeable future,
+# to ensure that we error out properly for people with outdated setuptools
+# and/or pip.
 from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
 from string import Template
 from setuptools import setup
@@ -265,6 +268,7 @@ def run(self):
         classifiers=classifiers,
         download_url="http://matplotlib.org/users/installing.html",
 
+        python_requires='>=3.5',
         # List third-party Python packages that we require
         install_requires=install_requires,
         setup_requires=setup_requires,

diff --git a/setupext.py b/setupext.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# NOTE: This file must remain Python 2 compatible for the forseeable future,
+# to ensure that we error out properly for people with outdated setuptools
+# and/or pip.
 from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
 
 from importlib import import_module
@@ -680,15 +683,16 @@ class Python(SetupPackage):
     def check(self):
         major, minor1, minor2, s, tmp = sys.version_info
 
-        if major < 2:
-            raise CheckFailed(
-                "Requires Python 2.7 or later")
-        elif major == 2 and minor1 < 7:
-            raise CheckFailed(
-                "Requires Python 2.7 or later (in the 2.x series)")
-        elif major == 3 and minor1 < 4:
-            raise CheckFailed(
-                "Requires Python 3.4 or later (in the 3.x series)")
+        if major < 3 or minor1 < 5:
+            error = """
+Matplotlib 3.0+ does not support Python 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, or 3.4.
+Beginning with Matplotlib 3.0, Python 3.5 and above is required.
+
+This may be due to an out of date pip.
+
+Make sure you have pip >= 9.0.1.
+"""
+            raise CheckFailed(error)
 
         return sys.version
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Expand Up		@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ fi

		echo The following args are passed to pytest $PYTEST_ARGS $RUN_PEP8

		pytest $PYTEST_ARGS $RUN_PEP8
		python -mpytest $PYTEST_ARGS $RUN_PEP8