DOC documenting noseclasses's deprecation

NelleV · NelleV · commit f41c08b1d924 · 2017-01-27T13:03:54.000-08:00
diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes/deprecations.rst b/doc/api/api_changes/deprecations.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Deprecations
+````````````
+
+- `matplotlib.testing.noseclasses` is deprecated and will be removed in 2.3
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/__init__.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 import matplotlib
 from matplotlib.cbook import is_string_like, iterable
 from matplotlib import rcParams, rcdefaults, use
-# For backward compatibility
-from . import noseclasses
 
 
 def _is_list_like(obj):
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/noseclasses.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/noseclasses.py
@@ -24,4 +24,3 @@ class KnownFailure(_KnownFailure):
     def __init__(self):
         if not has_nose:
             raise ImportError("Need nose for this plugin.")
-    pass
