This is the first release candidate for v0.11.0, a major release with several important new features and changes to the library.
Highlights of the new version include:
- A modernization of the distributions module, with the introduction of
displot,histplot, andecdfplot, a complete rewrite ofkdeplot, and substantial enhancements tojointplotandpairplot - Centralized input data processing allowing for both standardization and increased flexibility of long- and wide-form variable specification
- Substantial internal refactoring to support the new distributions functions and planned improvements in other modules
- Warning-based enforcement of keyword-only parameters in most functions
- New perceptually uniform colormaps and better tools for creating custom numeric color palettes
- Improvements to the narrative documentation, including user guide chapters on function types and data structures, along with better cross-linking within the seaborn docs and between the seaborn and matplotlib docs
- Numerous other targeted enhancements and bug fixes
Please test the release by installing from here or with python -m pip install --upgrade --pre seaborn