This release of matplotlib has several major new features:
- Auto-redraw using the object-oriented API.
- Most plotting functions now support labeled data API.
- Color cycling has extended to all style properties.
- Four new perceptually uniform color maps, including the soon-to-be
default 'viridis'.
- More included style sheets.
- Many small plotting improvements.
- Proposed new framework for managing the GUI toolbar and tools.