[matplotlib-devel] Moving color overhaul forward

[Thomas C. <tca...@gm...>]

Hey all,

Today we had a phone call with myself, Eric Firing, Micheal
Droettboom, Stéfan van der Walt, and Nathaniel Smith to discuss the path
forward for the changes to the default color map / style.  The notes are
below:

 - re-order feature release/style change if needed
   - can focus sprint effort at scipy on new features
   - release order may be 2.0 -> 2.1 or 1.5 -> 2.0
 - keep style change-only release plan
 - start adding color maps as named maps on master
 - color map
   - D seems to be leader, maybe variation on theme
   - stefan is working on circular color maps
 - other style changes
   - adopt most of seaborn as defaults ?
   - start putting in style sheets as soon as possible
   - may not be worth big drawn out decision, just change them
   - line color cycle
     - need to do something, maybe related to circular color maps
     - use something from seaborn
 - get time for style BoF at scipy

Any feed back is welcome.

Tom