matplotlib
diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/__init__.py‎
Lines changed: 16 additions & 3 deletions b/‎lib/matplotlib/__init__.py‎
Lines changed: 16 additions & 3 deletions
@@ -232,13 +232,15 @@ def _is_writable_dir(p):
     """
     return os.access(p, os.W_OK) and os.path.isdir(p)
 
-_verbose_msg = """\
+_verbose_msg = """
+matplotlib.verbose is deprecated;
 Command line argument --verbose-LEVEL is deprecated.
 This functionality is now provided by the standard
 python logging library.  To get more (or less) logging output:
     import logging
     logger = logging.getLogger('matplotlib')
-    logger.set_level(logging.INFO)"""
+    logger.set_level(logging.INFO)
+"""
 
 
 def _set_logger_verbose_level(level_str='silent', file_str='sys.stdout'):
@@ -297,7 +299,6 @@ def _parse_commandline():
 _parse_commandline()
 
 
-@cbook.deprecated("2.2", message=_verbose_msg)
 class Verbose(object):
     """
     A class to handle reporting.  Set the fileo attribute to any file
@@ -320,10 +321,12 @@ class Verbose(object):
         if level_str in levels:
             _commandLineVerbose = level_str
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("2.2", message=_verbose_msg)
     def __init__(self):
         self.set_level('silent')
         self.fileo = sys.stdout
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("2.2", message=_verbose_msg)
     def set_level(self, level):
         'set the verbosity to one of the Verbose.levels strings'
 
@@ -335,6 +338,7 @@ def set_level(self, level):
         else:
             self.level = level
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("2.2", message=_verbose_msg)
     def set_fileo(self, fname):
         std = {
             'sys.stdout': sys.stdout,
@@ -352,6 +356,7 @@ def set_fileo(self, fname):
             else:
                 self.fileo = fileo
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("2.2", message=_verbose_msg)
     def report(self, s, level='helpful'):
         """
         print message s to self.fileo if self.level>=level.  Return
@@ -363,6 +368,7 @@ def report(self, s, level='helpful'):
             return True
         return False
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("2.2", message=_verbose_msg)
     def wrap(self, fmt, func, level='helpful', always=True):
         """
         return a callable function that wraps func and reports it
@@ -386,11 +392,18 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         wrapper.__doc__ = func.__doc__
         return wrapper
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("2.2", message=_verbose_msg)
     def ge(self, level):
         'return true if self.level is >= level'
         return self.vald[self.level] >= self.vald[level]
 
 
+# define verbose so it can be imported...
+with warnings.catch_warnings():
+    warnings.simplefilter("ignore", mplDeprecation)
+    verbose = Verbose()
+
+
 def _wrap(fmt, func, level='DEBUG', always=True):
     """
     return a callable function that wraps func and reports its