It seems that matplotlib 3.8 does two disruptive things to our CI workflow:
It introduces type-hints
It drops support for python 3.8
I briefly looked into the changes that it will take to make our current code pass the mypy checks and I think some warrant usingtype:ignore . However, these type:ignores will then be seen as "unused" when using matplotlib < 3.8, which is a necessity if python == 3.8.
Also, I would prefer that all python versions have access to the same matplotlib version, so for now I'll just restrict matplotlib to be < 3.8. I don't expect us to miss out on any functionality, but we can always revaluate. Once we drop support for python 3.8, we can maybe lift this restriction too.
It seems that
matplotlib 3.8does two disruptive things to our CI workflow:I briefly looked into the changes that it will take to make our current code pass the
mypychecks and I think some warrant usingtype:ignore. However, thesetype:ignores will then be seen as "unused" when usingmatplotlib < 3.8, which is a necessity ifpython == 3.8.Also, I would prefer that all python versions have access to the same matplotlib version, so for now I'll just restrict
matplotlibto be < 3.8. I don't expect us to miss out on any functionality, but we can always revaluate. Once we drop support for python 3.8, we can maybe lift this restriction too.