Re: [matplotlib-devel] Several patches: kwargs cleanup, legend-kwargs, legend-fontsize

>>>>> "Fernando" == Fernando Perez <Fer...@co...> writes:

    Fernando> Quick heads-up:

    Fernando> Python 2.2 dicts do NOT have a pop() method, this
    Fernando> appeared in python 2.3. It's fine if you decide to make
    Fernando> matplotlib fully 2.3-dependent, but I just wanted to
    Fernando> make you at least aware of this fact.  2.2 is still in
    Fernando> reasonably wide use in the field, so if you are going to
    Fernando> drop support for it, you might want to put a big fat
    Fernando> warning about this fact, just to save users the hassle
    Fernando> of weird bugs.

Ahh, thanks for your vigilance.  I do plan to continue to support 2.2
as long as possible, except for the known issues: datetime and
mathtext.  I reverted all the pops to gets.  I also made some
enhancements to backend_driver to better work with python2.2 - it now
takes the python to run as a parameter and skips tests where 2.2 is
already known to fail.

Hopefully, I'll remember to be vigilant to test 2.2 before each
release.

JDH