This is the second beta release for seaborn v0.12, a major update introducing an entirely new interface along with numerous features, enhancements, and fixes for existing functionality.

To install for testing, run

pip install seaborn==0.12.0b2

Changes from the first beta release:

Objects interface

• Added Plot.label method for controlling axis labels/legend titles (#2902)
• Added Plot.limit method for controlling axis limits (#2898)
• Added Bars, a more efficient mark for histograms, and improved performance of Bar mark as well (#2893)
• Improved the visual appearance of the Area and Ribbon marks used a simpler matplotlib artist class for them (#2896)
• Improved the visual appearance of the Bar mark (#2889)