doc/api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.7.0/development.rst
Windows wheel runtime bundling
Wheels built for Windows now bundle the MSVC runtime DLL ``msvcp140.dll``. This
enables importing Matplotlib on systems that do not have the runtime installed.
Increase to minimum supported versions of dependencies
For Matplotlib 3.7, the :ref:minimum supported versions <dependencies> are
being bumped:
+------------+-----------------+---------------+ | Dependency | min in mpl3.6 | min in mpl3.7 | +============+=================+===============+ | NumPy | 1.19 | 1.20 | +------------+-----------------+---------------+ | pyparsing | 2.2.1 | 2.3.1 | +------------+-----------------+---------------+ | Qt | | 5.10 | +------------+-----------------+---------------+
This is consistent with our :ref:min_deps_policy and NEP29 <https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html>__
New dependencies
* `importlib-resources <https://pypi.org/project/importlib-resources/>`_
(>= 3.2.0; only required on Python < 3.10)
Maximum line length increased to 88 characters
The maximum line length for new contributions has been extended from 79 characters to
88 characters.
This change provides an extra 9 characters to allow code which is a single idea to fit
on fewer lines (often a single line).
The chosen length is the same as black <https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/the_black_code_style/current_style.html#line-length>_.