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Description
- Matplotlib version:
master, Python version 2.7.12 and Platform Linux x86_64 - Installed Matplotlib from source (python setup.py install) and Python is system python
- SSCCE:
>>> from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D File "/home/larsoner/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-2.0.0rc2+2775.g48d50fc-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/__init__.py", line 6, in <module> from .axes3d import Axes3D File "/home/larsoner/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-2.0.0rc2+2775.g48d50fc-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py", line 34, in <module> from . import art3d File "/home/larsoner/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-2.0.0rc2+2775.g48d50fc-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py", line 17, in <module> from matplotlib._backports import numpy as _backports_np ImportError: No module named _backports - This is a regression, works when I switch to, build, and install the v1.5.3-doc branch.
Let me know if this issue makes sense and I can try to do a better git blame to find where it comes up.