port to matplotlib >= 1.3.1

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. run the testsuite with matplotlib >= 1.3.1 installed

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
ERROR: Failure: ImportError (2d streamplot module requires: matplotlib.nxutils 
for its points_inside_poly method. The installation instructions for the 
matplotlib module can be found here: 
http://matplotlib.org/faq/installing_faq.html?highlight=install)

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
MDAnalysis-0.8.1

Please provide any additional information below.

nxutils was deprecated since matplotlib 1.2.0 and finally removed in 1.3.1:
http://matplotlib.org/api/api_changes.html#id1

Suggested patch attached.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rathann on 3 Feb 2015 at 11:06

Attachments:

• python-MDAnalysis-nxutils.patch

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Fixed in a previous commit.

Original comment by tyler.je.reddy@gmail.com on 3 Feb 2015 at 11:19

• Changed state: Fixed

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Hi rathanm,

Thanks for reporting and suggesting a fix. As Tyler mentioned, this has already 
been fixed in the development branch (and will therefore be working in the next 
upcoming release). In the meantime you can try out the DevelopmentBranch [1].

Best wishes,
Oliver

[1] https://code.google.com/p/mdanalysis/wiki/DevelopmentBranch

Original comment by orbeckst on 3 Feb 2015 at 11:23

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Thank you. What's the ETA for the next release? For reference, it looks like it 
was fixed in commit b2ba39ffe529dac54cb06c17550ad1f93a4972ca.

Original comment by rathann on 4 Feb 2015 at 9:13

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@rathann: We're working towards release 0.9.0 by the end of February (give or 
take a few days).

In the future (post 0.9.0) we'll release smaller releases more frequently (as 
part of having adopted SemanticVersioning).

(I tend to use the development branch for a lot of my own work and that works 
well for me but your mileage may vary.)

Original comment by orbeckst on 4 Feb 2015 at 4:55