Deprecate WX non agg backend

jenshnielsen · jenshnielsen · commit 5cdaab1076d7 · 2016-06-14T07:05:10.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 from matplotlib.backend_bases import _has_pil
 
 from matplotlib._pylab_helpers import Gcf
-from matplotlib.cbook import is_string_like, is_writable_file_like
+from matplotlib.cbook import (is_string_like, is_writable_file_like,
+                              warn_deprecated)
 from matplotlib.figure import Figure
 from matplotlib.path import Path
 from matplotlib.transforms import Affine2D
@@ -188,6 +189,11 @@ def __init__(self, bitmap, dpi):
         """
         Initialise a wxWindows renderer instance.
         """
+        warn_deprecated('2.0', message="The WX backend is "
+                        "deprecated. It's untested "
+                        "and will be removed in Matplotlib 2.2. "
+                        "Use the WXAgg backend instead.",
+                        alternative='WXAgg')
         RendererBase.__init__(self)
         DEBUG_MSG("__init__()", 1, self)
         self.width = bitmap.GetWidth()
