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<p>Matplotlib Enhancement Proposals (MEP), inspired by cpython's <a class="reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/">PEP's</a> but less formal, are design
documents for large or controversial changes to Matplotilb. These
documents should provide a discussion of both why and how the changes
should be made.</p>
<p>To create a new MEP open a pull request (PR) adding a file based on
<a class="reference internal" href="template.html#mep-template"><span class="std std-ref">the template</span></a> to this the MEP directory. For the
initial PR only a rough description is required and it should be
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