DOC: add api-change file describing new autorange behavior

phobson · phobson · commit 6fe8a72363ff · 2016-03-13T23:42:52.000-07:00
diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes/2016-03-13-PMH.rst b/doc/api/api_changes/2016-03-13-PMH.rst
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+Changed default ``autorange`` behavior in boxplots
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+
+Prior to v1.5.2, the whiskers of boxplots would extend to the mininum
+and maximum values if the quartiles were all equal (i.e., Q1 = median
+= Q3). This behavior has been disabled by default to restore consistency
+with other plotting packages.
+
+To restore the old behavior, simply set ``autorange=True`` when
+calling ``plt.boxplot``.
