Use image.resample == True

mdboom · mdboom · commit 318a0441a839 · 2016-01-25T17:28:13.000-05:00
diff --git a/doc/users/whats_new/style_changes.rst b/doc/users/whats_new/style_changes.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ Images
 - The default shading mode is now ``overlay``.  Formerly, it was
   ``hsv``.
 
+- The default value for ``image.resample`` is now ``True``.  This will
+  apply interpolation for both upsampling and downsampling of an
+  image.
+
 Fonts
 `````
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'image.cmap':          ['viridis', six.text_type],        # one of gray, jet, etc
     'image.lut':           [256, validate_int],  # lookup table
     'image.origin':        ['upper', six.text_type],  # lookup table
-    'image.resample':      [False, validate_bool],
+    'image.resample':      [True, validate_bool],
     # Specify whether vector graphics backends will combine all images on a
     # set of axes into a single composite image
     'image.composite_image': [True, validate_bool],
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 #image.cmap   : viridis           # A colormap name, gray etc...
 #image.lut    : 256               # the size of the colormap lookup table
 #image.origin : upper             # lower | upper
-#image.resample  : False
+#image.resample  : True
 #image.composite_image : True     # When True, all the images on a set of axes are
                                   # combined into a single composite image before
                                   # saving a figure as a vector graphics file,
