[gaius]

there's a non-trivial chance that the choice you make will be join the ever growing collection of library abandon-ware in the not too distant future.

I’ve been using Matplotlib for the last 10 years and expect to continue using it for the next 20. The stability is there, you just need to resist the urge to keep switching. It’s like vi: whatever your “favourite” editor is, you know that vi will always be there.

Of course as others have said ggplot2 is better but I am going to check out plotnine now...