diff --git a/community/python2-matplotlib/PKGBUILD b/community/python2-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
index fb2b0e051..014fbcd37 100644
--- a/community/python2-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/python2-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 pkgname=python2-matplotlib
 pkgver=2.2.3
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="A python plotting library, making publication quality plots"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://matplotlib.org"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ source=($pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::"https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/archi
         setup.cfg)
 sha512sums=('d118f5d56e2f578031aba22933c0b3a4423a31a04f50f08cc1aa660186546d09692a9cf401bb5f24cb296f94fbfd8707460728d501ac2bd4a624dfa89e92949b'
             'bb307885c17de71edf33dd09322aca99c2fade6dfbdf3482a7c11f2522fc40e2d41d8f51e77d2531de746906aabf3a68fa1bd8d76d48ea979c8010937713c0a9'
-            'e63cd9b7a26de901815e3cdcc6a8e8f70e07bf9eed2befe4240747d245c96a4a44cc4b2fe876198b7bf055779c735d7571db2ca3904acdb1e4ddd288b3e24d2f'
+            '88d71e85f707c9becc1d77812770889759b4dd96ec5c5fce20361c0c1a3fe1bd6e04ba804fcd7ff0472249ec8099ec63716184975b3d609aed84bfdd0a8e05ad'
             'f08c0b2e94599fdf2b736b8a655d862209934441d90f20ed872cfc128b8d2a6525763ab7cf64f2b3630e22a90798f4c52aa93b18087e9b48708d9bae34aada0b')
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/community/python2-matplotlib/python2-matplotlib-13181.diff b/community/python2-matplotlib/python2-matplotlib-13181.diff
index 97ad97e7e..d24ae6271 100644
--- a/community/python2-matplotlib/python2-matplotlib-13181.diff
+++ b/community/python2-matplotlib/python2-matplotlib-13181.diff
@@ -1,3 +1,50 @@
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
+index aff6cddf492..491a9b2c5d6 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
+@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def post_processing(image, dpi):
+         self._update_methods()
+ 
+         if w > 0 and h > 0:
+-            img = np.fromstring(buffer, np.uint8)
++            img = np.frombuffer(buffer, np.uint8)
+             img, ox, oy = post_processing(img.reshape((h, w, 4)) / 255.,
+                                           self.dpi)
+             gc = self.new_gc()
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
+index 2712d64291a..290341146d8 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
+@@ -1369,10 +1369,9 @@ def get_locator(self, dmin, dmax):
+         else:
+             locator = MicrosecondLocator(interval, tz=self.tz)
+             if dmin.year > 20 and interval < 1000:
+-                _log.warn('Plotting microsecond time intervals is not'
+-                          ' well supported. Please see the'
+-                          ' MicrosecondLocator documentation'
+-                          ' for details.')
++                _log.warning('Plotting microsecond time intervals is not well '
++                             'supported. Please see the MicrosecondLocator '
++                             'documentation for details.')
+ 
+         locator.set_axis(self.axis)
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/image.py b/lib/matplotlib/image.py
+index 58a28c8f689..3bdcccf4882 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/image.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/image.py
+@@ -1447,9 +1447,9 @@ def pil_to_array(pilImage):
+         # return MxN luminance array of uint16
+         raw = pilImage.tobytes('raw', pilImage.mode)
+         if pilImage.mode.endswith('B'):
+-            x = np.fromstring(raw, '>u2')
++            x = np.frombuffer(raw, '>u2')
+         else:
+-            x = np.fromstring(raw, '<u2')
++            x = np.frombuffer(raw, '<u2')
+         return x.reshape(pilImage.size[::-1]).astype('=u2')
+     else:  # try to convert to an rgba image
+         try:
 diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/conftest.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/conftest.py
 index 9dc180c9600..fb306594780 100644
 --- a/lib/matplotlib/testing/conftest.py
@@ -35,11 +82,104 @@ index 9dc180c9600..fb306594780 100644
      if baseline_images is None:
          # Allow baseline image list to be produced on the fly based on current
          # parametrization.
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py
+index 0ce6e625249..d008446dcbf 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py
+@@ -223,15 +223,25 @@ def _xfail_if_format_is_uncomparable(extension):
+ 
+ def _mark_xfail_if_format_is_uncomparable(extension):
+     if isinstance(extension, six.string_types):
+-        will_fail = extension not in comparable_formats()
++        name = extension
++        marks = []
++    elif isinstance(extension, tuple):
++        # Extension might be a pytest ParameterSet instead of a plain string.
++        # Unfortunately, this type is not exposed, so since it's a namedtuple,
++        # check for a tuple instead.
++        name = extension.values[0]
++        marks = list(extension.marks)
+     else:
+         # Extension might be a pytest marker instead of a plain string.
+-        will_fail = extension.args[0] not in comparable_formats()
+-    if will_fail:
+-        fail_msg = 'Cannot compare %s files on this system' % extension
++        name = extension.args[0]
++        marks = [extension.mark]
++
++    if name not in comparable_formats():
++        fail_msg = 'Cannot compare %s files on this system' % (name, )
+         import pytest
+-        return pytest.mark.xfail(extension, reason=fail_msg, strict=False,
+-                                 raises=ImageComparisonFailure)
++        marks += [pytest.mark.xfail(reason=fail_msg, strict=False,
++                                    raises=ImageComparisonFailure)]
++        return pytest.param(name, marks=marks)
+     else:
+         return extension
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py
+index 13fa0374ec7..c028eed8f2e 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py
+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
+ import os
+ import sys
+ import tempfile
++import warnings
+ 
+ import numpy as np
+ import pytest
+@@ -20,9 +21,11 @@
+                                             _determinism_check)
+ 
+ 
+-needs_usetex = pytest.mark.xfail(
+-    not checkdep_usetex(True),
+-    reason="This test needs a TeX installation")
++with warnings.catch_warnings():
++    warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
++    needs_usetex = pytest.mark.skipif(
++        not checkdep_usetex(True),
++        reason="This test needs a TeX installation")
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(baseline_images=['pdf_use14corefonts'],
 diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_ps.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_ps.py
-index 8bf6e7dde38..10d8033d4ca 100644
+index 8bf6e7dde38..46cb355c986 100644
 --- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_ps.py
 +++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_ps.py
-@@ -31,13 +31,16 @@
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
+ 
+ import io
+ import re
++import warnings
+ 
+ import numpy as np
+ import pytest
+@@ -17,27 +18,30 @@
+                                             _determinism_check)
+ 
+ 
+-needs_ghostscript = pytest.mark.xfail(
+-    matplotlib.checkdep_ghostscript()[0] is None,
+-    reason="This test needs a ghostscript installation")
+-
+-
+-needs_usetex = pytest.mark.xfail(
+-    not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True),
+-    reason="This test needs a TeX installation")
++with warnings.catch_warnings():
++    warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
++    needs_ghostscript = pytest.mark.skipif(
++        matplotlib.checkdep_ghostscript()[0] is None,
++        reason="This test needs a ghostscript installation")
++    needs_usetex = pytest.mark.skipif(
++        not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True),
++        reason="This test needs a TeX installation")
+ 
+ 
+ # This tests tends to hit a TeX cache lock on AppVeyor.
  @pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=3)
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('format, use_log, rcParams', [
      ('ps', False, {}),
@@ -61,11 +201,47 @@ index 8bf6e7dde38..10d8033d4ca 100644
  ], ids=[
      'ps',
      'ps with distiller',
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_qt4.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_qt4.py
+index a621329772e..ede4bca9078 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_qt4.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_qt4.py
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
+     py_qt_ver = QtCore.__version_info__[0]
+ 
+ if py_qt_ver != 4:
+-    pytestmark = pytest.mark.xfail(reason='Qt4 is not available')
++    pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(reason='Qt4 is not available')
+ 
+ 
+ @pytest.mark.backend('Qt4Agg')
 diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_svg.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_svg.py
-index e0cbdfa8bce..1f6bf7cc3a6 100644
+index e0cbdfa8bce..da93e2d3880 100644
 --- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_svg.py
 +++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_svg.py
-@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def _test_determinism_save(filename, usetex):
+@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
+ from io import BytesIO
+ import os
+ import tempfile
++import warnings
+ import xml.parsers.expat
+ 
+ import pytest
+@@ -16,9 +17,11 @@
+ from matplotlib import dviread
+ 
+ 
+-needs_usetex = pytest.mark.xfail(
+-    not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True),
+-    reason="This test needs a TeX installation")
++with warnings.catch_warnings():
++    warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
++    needs_usetex = pytest.mark.skipif(
++        not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True),
++        reason="This test needs a TeX installation")
+ 
+ 
+ def test_visibility():
+@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ def _test_determinism_save(filename, usetex):
      "filename, usetex",
      # unique filenames to allow for parallel testing
      [("determinism_notex.svg", False),
@@ -91,3 +267,183 @@ index df7a5d08a10..8cd4585bffc 100644
      return backends
  
  
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
+index e6da25789f0..c8a23347f65 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
+@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@
+ import pytest
+ 
+ 
+-try:
+-    from PIL import Image
+-    HAS_PIL = True
+-except ImportError:
+-    HAS_PIL = False
+-needs_pillow = pytest.mark.xfail(not HAS_PIL, reason='Test requires Pillow')
+-
+-
+ @image_comparison(baseline_images=['image_interps'], style='mpl20')
+ def test_image_interps():
+     'make the basic nearest, bilinear and bicubic interps'
+@@ -113,8 +105,8 @@ def test_image_python_io():
+     plt.imread(buffer)
+ 
+ 
+-@needs_pillow
+ def test_imread_pil_uint16():
++    pytest.importorskip("PIL")
+     img = plt.imread(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
+                      'baseline_images', 'test_image', 'uint16.tif'))
+     assert (img.dtype == np.uint16)
+@@ -122,8 +114,8 @@ def test_imread_pil_uint16():
+ 
+ 
+ @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 6), reason="requires Python 3.6+")
+-@needs_pillow
+ def test_imread_fspath():
++    pytest.importorskip("PIL")
+     from pathlib import Path
+     img = plt.imread(
+         Path(__file__).parent / 'baseline_images/test_image/uint16.tif')
+@@ -497,8 +489,8 @@ def test_nonuniformimage_setnorm():
+     im.set_norm(plt.Normalize())
+ 
+ 
+-@needs_pillow
+ def test_jpeg_2d():
++    Image = pytest.importorskip('PIL.Image')
+     # smoke test that mode-L pillow images work.
+     imd = np.ones((10, 10), dtype='uint8')
+     for i in range(10):
+@@ -509,8 +501,9 @@ def test_jpeg_2d():
+     ax.imshow(im)
+ 
+ 
+-@needs_pillow
+ def test_jpeg_alpha():
++    Image = pytest.importorskip('PIL.Image')
++
+     plt.figure(figsize=(1, 1), dpi=300)
+     # Create an image that is all black, with a gradient from 0-1 in
+     # the alpha channel from left to right.
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_mathtext.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_mathtext.py
+index cdc1093e141..af6701a0f1d 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_mathtext.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_mathtext.py
+@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def test_single_minus_sign():
+ 
+     buff = io.BytesIO()
+     plt.savefig(buff, format="rgba", dpi=1000)
+-    array = np.fromstring(buff.getvalue(), dtype=np.uint8)
++    array = np.frombuffer(buff.getvalue(), dtype=np.uint8)
+ 
+     # If this fails, it would be all white
+     assert not np.all(array == 0xff)
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_simplification.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_simplification.py
+index fca140877bd..1b3ccb3f019 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_simplification.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_simplification.py
+@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def test_start_with_moveto():
+         # Python 2 case
+         decodebytes = base64.decodestring
+ 
+-    verts = np.fromstring(decodebytes(data), dtype='<i4')
++    verts = np.frombuffer(decodebytes(data), dtype='<i4')
+     verts = verts.reshape((len(verts) // 2, 2))
+     path = Path(verts)
+     segs = path.iter_segments(transforms.IdentityTransform(),
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_text.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_text.py
+index 7bc878accc9..e438766b703 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_text.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_text.py
+@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
+ from matplotlib.testing.decorators import image_comparison
+ 
+ 
+-needs_usetex = pytest.mark.xfail(
+-    not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True),
+-    reason="This test needs a TeX installation")
++with warnings.catch_warnings():
++    warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
++    needs_usetex = pytest.mark.skipif(
++        not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True),
++        reason="This test needs a TeX installation")
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(baseline_images=['font_styles'])
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
+index 5d6a939e8a1..e3b1c1f6ce3 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
+@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
++import warnings
+ 
+ import pytest
+ 
+@@ -7,8 +8,14 @@
+ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+ 
+ 
+-@pytest.mark.skipif(not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True),
+-                    reason='Missing TeX or Ghostscript or dvipng')
++with warnings.catch_warnings():
++    warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
++    needs_usetex = pytest.mark.skipif(
++        not matplotlib.checkdep_usetex(True),
++        reason='Missing TeX of Ghostscript or dvipng')
++
++
++@needs_usetex
+ @image_comparison(baseline_images=['test_usetex'],
+                   extensions=['pdf', 'png'],
+                   tol=0.3)
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tri/triinterpolate.py b/lib/matplotlib/tri/triinterpolate.py
+index e0c2047489a..f3c6deb0c97 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tri/triinterpolate.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tri/triinterpolate.py
+@@ -581,9 +581,9 @@ def _compute_tri_eccentricities(tris_pts):
+               The so-called eccentricity parameters [1] needed for
+               HCT triangular element.
+         """
+-        a = np.expand_dims(tris_pts[:, 2, :]-tris_pts[:, 1, :], axis=2)
+-        b = np.expand_dims(tris_pts[:, 0, :]-tris_pts[:, 2, :], axis=2)
+-        c = np.expand_dims(tris_pts[:, 1, :]-tris_pts[:, 0, :], axis=2)
++        a = np.expand_dims(tris_pts[:, 2, :] - tris_pts[:, 1, :], axis=2)
++        b = np.expand_dims(tris_pts[:, 0, :] - tris_pts[:, 2, :], axis=2)
++        c = np.expand_dims(tris_pts[:, 1, :] - tris_pts[:, 0, :], axis=2)
+         # Do not use np.squeeze, this is dangerous if only one triangle
+         # in the triangulation...
+         dot_a = _prod_vectorized(_transpose_vectorized(a), a)[:, 0, 0]
+@@ -1071,9 +1071,9 @@ def get_dof_vec(tri_z, tri_dz, J):
+         J1 = _prod_vectorized(_ReducedHCT_Element.J0_to_J1, J)
+         J2 = _prod_vectorized(_ReducedHCT_Element.J0_to_J2, J)
+ 
+-        col0 = _prod_vectorized(J, np.expand_dims(tri_dz[:, 0, :], axis=3))
+-        col1 = _prod_vectorized(J1, np.expand_dims(tri_dz[:, 1, :], axis=3))
+-        col2 = _prod_vectorized(J2, np.expand_dims(tri_dz[:, 2, :], axis=3))
++        col0 = _prod_vectorized(J, np.expand_dims(tri_dz[:, 0, :], axis=2))
++        col1 = _prod_vectorized(J1, np.expand_dims(tri_dz[:, 1, :], axis=2))
++        col2 = _prod_vectorized(J2, np.expand_dims(tri_dz[:, 2, :], axis=2))
+ 
+         dfdksi = _to_matrix_vectorized([
+             [col0[:, 0, 0], col1[:, 0, 0], col2[:, 0, 0]],
+diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
+index 0a506db92ad..d6e57b9b4e6 100644
+--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
++++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
+@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ def test_lines3d():
+ 
+ 
+ # Reason for flakiness of SVG test is still unknown.
+-@image_comparison(baseline_images=['mixedsubplot'], remove_text=True,
+-                  extensions=['png', 'pdf',
+-                              pytest.mark.xfail('svg', strict=False)])
++@image_comparison(
++    baseline_images=['mixedsubplot'], remove_text=True,
++    extensions=['png', 'pdf',
++                pytest.param('svg', marks=pytest.mark.xfail(strict=False))])
+ def test_mixedsubplots():
+     def f(t):
+         s1 = np.cos(2*np.pi*t)