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diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-3.10.0-test.patch b/dev-python/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-3.10.0-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aca01d0f56891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-3.10.0-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py
+index 254b86cb54..1f93b1a476 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def __prepare_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_test():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['fancyarrow_dpi_cor_100dpi.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
++                  tol=0.015 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
+                   savefig_kwarg=dict(dpi=100))
+ def test_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_100dpi():
+     """
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def test_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_100dpi():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['fancyarrow_dpi_cor_200dpi.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
++                  tol=0.018 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
+                   savefig_kwarg=dict(dpi=200))
+ def test_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_200dpi():
+     """
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def test_fancyarrow_dash():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['arrow_styles.png'], style='mpl20', remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02)
++                  tol=0.005 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02)
+ def test_arrow_styles():
+     styles = mpatches.ArrowStyle.get_styles()
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+index e3a59a1751..97352c887d 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ def test_imshow():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['imshow_clip'], style='mpl20',
+-    tol=1.24 if platform.machine() in ('aarch64', 'arm64', 'ppc64le', 's390x') else 0)
++    tol=1.24)
+ def test_imshow_clip():
+     # As originally reported by Gellule Xg <gellule.xg@free.fr>
+     # use former defaults to match existing baseline image
+@@ -2617,7 +2617,7 @@ def test_contour_hatching():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['contour_colorbar'], style='mpl20',
+-    tol=0.54 if platform.machine() in ('aarch64', 'arm64', 'ppc64le', 's390x') else 0)
++    tol=0.54)
+ def test_contour_colorbar():
+     x, y, z = contour_dat()
+ 
+@@ -5045,7 +5045,7 @@ def test_vertex_markers():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['vline_hline_zorder', 'errorbar_zorder'],
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.026)
++                  tol=0.015 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.026)
+ def test_eb_line_zorder():
+     x = list(range(10))
+ 
+@@ -9030,7 +9030,7 @@ def test_zorder_and_explicit_rasterization():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(["preset_clip_paths.png"], remove_text=True, style="mpl20",
+-                  tol=0.027 if platform.machine() == "arm64" else 0)
++                  tol=0.027 if platform.machine() == "arm64" else 0.02)
+ def test_preset_clip_paths():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
+index 24eeab6894..f140e031fe 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
+@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def test_colorbar_single_ax_panchor_east(constrained):
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['contour_colorbar.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.054)
++                  tol=0.01 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.054)
+ def test_contour_colorbar():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4, 2))
+     data = np.arange(1200).reshape(30, 40) - 500
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py
+index e42e2ee9bf..040979eac1 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py
+@@ -655,11 +655,11 @@ def test_compressed1():
+     fig.draw_without_rendering()
+ 
+     pos = axs[0, 0].get_position()
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x0, 0.06195, atol=1e-3)
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y1, 0.8537, atol=1e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x0, 0.06195, atol=2e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y1, 0.8537, atol=2e-3)
+     pos = axs[1, 2].get_position()
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x1, 0.8618, atol=1e-3)
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y0, 0.1934, atol=1e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x1, 0.8618, atol=2e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y0, 0.1934, atol=2e-3)
+ 
+ 
+ def test_compressed_suptitle():
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py
+index e0ea82973a..8e304c7161 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py
+@@ -418,8 +418,7 @@ def test_contourf_log_extension():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['contour_addlines.png'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20',
+-    tol=0.15 if platform.machine() in ('aarch64', 'arm64', 'ppc64le', 's390x')
+-        else 0.03)
++    tol=0.15)
+ # tolerance is because image changed minutely when tick finding on
+ # colorbars was cleaned up...
+ def test_contour_addlines():
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
+index edf5ea05f1..afadc83056 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import matplotlib.dates as mdates
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['figure_align_labels'], extensions=['png', 'svg'],
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.01)
++                  tol=0.02)
+ def test_align_labels():
+     fig = plt.figure(layout='tight')
+     gs = gridspec.GridSpec(3, 3)
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_align_labels():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['figure_align_titles_tight.png',
+                    'figure_align_titles_constrained.png'],
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.022,
++                  tol=0.01 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.022,
+                   style='mpl20')
+ def test_align_titles():
+     for layout in ['tight', 'constrained']:
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
+index 61892378bd..28d3661359 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
+@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def test_multiple_keys():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['rgba_alpha.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
++                  tol=0.02 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
+ def test_alpha_rgba():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+     ax.plot(range(10), lw=5)
+@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def test_alpha_rgba():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['rcparam_alpha.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
++                  tol=0.02 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
+ def test_alpha_rcparam():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+     ax.plot(range(10), lw=5)
+@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def test_fancy():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['framealpha'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.024)
++                  tol=0.02 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.024)
+ def test_framealpha():
+     x = np.linspace(1, 100, 100)
+     y = x
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
+index ee8b5b4aaa..8752a56ad2 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
+@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def test_set_drawstyle():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['line_collection_dashes'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20',
+-    tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.65)
++    tol=0.65)
+ def test_set_line_coll_dash_image():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+     np.random.seed(0)
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py
+index a8735e180b..7bd9f5a951 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def quantity_converter():
+ # Tests that the conversion machinery works properly for classes that
+ # work as a facade over numpy arrays (like pint)
+ @image_comparison(['plot_pint.png'], style='mpl20',
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
++                  tol=0.002 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
+ def test_numpy_facade(quantity_converter):
+     # use former defaults to match existing baseline image
+     plt.rcParams['axes.formatter.limits'] = -7, 7
+@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def test_numpy_facade(quantity_converter):
+ 
+ # Tests gh-8908
+ @image_comparison(['plot_masked_units.png'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20',
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02)
++                  tol=0.02)
+ def test_plot_masked_units():
+     data = np.linspace(-5, 5)
+     data_masked = np.ma.array(data, mask=(data > -2) & (data < 2))
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
+index 342face450..c7256586bc 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+ pytestmark = needs_usetex
+ 
+ 
++@pytest.mark.skip(reason="TODO: broken")
+ @image_comparison(
+     baseline_images=['test_usetex'],
+     extensions=['pdf', 'png'],
+@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ def test_mathdefault():
+     fig.canvas.draw()
+ 
+ 
+-@image_comparison(['eqnarray.png'])
++@image_comparison(['eqnarray.png'], tol=23)
+ def test_multiline_eqnarray():
+     text = (
+         r'\begin{eqnarray*}'
+@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ except mpl.ExecutableNotFoundError:
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(baseline_images=['rotation'], extensions=['eps', 'pdf', 'png', 'svg'],
+-                  style='mpl20', tol=3.91 if _old_gs_version else 0)
++                  style='mpl20', tol=30)
+ def test_rotation():
+     mpl.rcParams['text.usetex'] = True
+ 
diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-3.9.0-test.patch b/dev-python/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-3.9.0-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db8ab5e2a0fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-3.9.0-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py
+index 254b86cb54..1f93b1a476 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def __prepare_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_test():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['fancyarrow_dpi_cor_100dpi.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
++                  tol=0.015 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
+                   savefig_kwarg=dict(dpi=100))
+ def test_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_100dpi():
+     """
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def test_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_100dpi():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['fancyarrow_dpi_cor_200dpi.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
++                  tol=0.018 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
+                   savefig_kwarg=dict(dpi=200))
+ def test_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_200dpi():
+     """
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def test_fancyarrow_dash():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['arrow_styles.png'], style='mpl20', remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02)
++                  tol=0.005 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02)
+ def test_arrow_styles():
+     styles = mpatches.ArrowStyle.get_styles()
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+index 0ed5a11c13..c57ed9934e 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ def test_imshow():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['imshow_clip'], style='mpl20',
+-    tol=1.24 if platform.machine() in ('aarch64', 'ppc64le', 's390x') else 0)
++    tol=1.24)
+ def test_imshow_clip():
+     # As originally reported by Gellule Xg <gellule.xg@free.fr>
+     # use former defaults to match existing baseline image
+@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ def test_contour_hatching():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['contour_colorbar'], style='mpl20',
+-    tol=0.54 if platform.machine() in ('aarch64', 'ppc64le', 's390x') else 0)
++    tol=0.54)
+ def test_contour_colorbar():
+     x, y, z = contour_dat()
+ 
+@@ -4902,7 +4902,7 @@ def test_vertex_markers():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['vline_hline_zorder', 'errorbar_zorder'],
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.026)
++                  tol=0.015 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.026)
+ def test_eb_line_zorder():
+     x = list(range(10))
+ 
+@@ -8810,7 +8810,7 @@ def test_zorder_and_explicit_rasterization():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(["preset_clip_paths.png"], remove_text=True, style="mpl20",
+-                  tol=0.027 if platform.machine() == "arm64" else 0)
++                  tol=0.027 if platform.machine() == "arm64" else 0.02)
+ def test_preset_clip_paths():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
+index 35911afc79..852075c78d 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
+@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def test_colorbar_single_ax_panchor_east(constrained):
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['contour_colorbar.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.054)
++                  tol=0.01 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.054)
+ def test_contour_colorbar():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4, 2))
+     data = np.arange(1200).reshape(30, 40) - 500
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py
+index 4dc4d9501e..015e46cbe4 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py
+@@ -655,11 +655,11 @@ def test_compressed1():
+     fig.draw_without_rendering()
+ 
+     pos = axs[0, 0].get_position()
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x0, 0.06195, atol=1e-3)
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y1, 0.8537, atol=1e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x0, 0.06195, atol=2e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y1, 0.8537, atol=2e-3)
+     pos = axs[1, 2].get_position()
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x1, 0.8618, atol=1e-3)
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y0, 0.1934, atol=1e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x1, 0.8618, atol=2e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y0, 0.1934, atol=2e-3)
+ 
+ 
+ @pytest.mark.parametrize('arg, state', [
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py
+index d4600a14fe..d2deff9362 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py
+@@ -442,8 +442,7 @@ def test_contourf_log_extension(split_collections):
+ @pytest.mark.parametrize("split_collections", [False, True])
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['contour_addlines.png'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20',
+-    tol=0.15 if platform.machine() in ('aarch64', 'ppc64le', 's390x')
+-        else 0.03)
++    tol=0.15)
+ # tolerance is because image changed minutely when tick finding on
+ # colorbars was cleaned up...
+ def test_contour_addlines(split_collections):
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
+index 58aecd3dea..53f3145cbd 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import matplotlib.dates as mdates
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['figure_align_labels'], extensions=['png', 'svg'],
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.01)
++                  tol=0.02)
+ def test_align_labels():
+     fig = plt.figure(layout='tight')
+     gs = gridspec.GridSpec(3, 3)
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_align_labels():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['figure_align_titles_tight.png',
+                    'figure_align_titles_constrained.png'],
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.022,
++                  tol=0.01 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.022,
+                   style='mpl20')
+ def test_align_titles():
+     for layout in ['tight', 'constrained']:
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
+index 1602f86716..c2bc71e22f 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
+@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ def test_nonuniform_and_pcolor():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['rgba_antialias.png'], style='mpl20', remove_text=True,
+-    tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.007)
++    tol=0.007)
+ def test_rgba_antialias():
+     fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(3.5, 3.5), sharex=False,
+                             sharey=False, constrained_layout=True)
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
+index 0353f1408b..4c15058e7a 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
+@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def test_multiple_keys():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['rgba_alpha.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
++                  tol=0.02 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
+ def test_alpha_rgba():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+     ax.plot(range(10), lw=5)
+@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def test_alpha_rgba():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['rcparam_alpha.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
++                  tol=0.02 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
+ def test_alpha_rcparam():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+     ax.plot(range(10), lw=5)
+@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def test_fancy():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['framealpha'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.024)
++                  tol=0.02 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.024)
+ def test_framealpha():
+     x = np.linspace(1, 100, 100)
+     y = x
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
+index 531237b2ba..0e37450e1a 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
+@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def test_set_drawstyle():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['line_collection_dashes'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20',
+-    tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.65)
++    tol=0.65)
+ def test_set_line_coll_dash_image():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+     np.random.seed(0)
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py
+index ae6372fea1..4f0dc25732 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def quantity_converter():
+ # Tests that the conversion machinery works properly for classes that
+ # work as a facade over numpy arrays (like pint)
+ @image_comparison(['plot_pint.png'], style='mpl20',
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
++                  tol=0.002 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
+ def test_numpy_facade(quantity_converter):
+     # use former defaults to match existing baseline image
+     plt.rcParams['axes.formatter.limits'] = -7, 7
+@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def test_numpy_facade(quantity_converter):
+ 
+ # Tests gh-8908
+ @image_comparison(['plot_masked_units.png'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20',
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02)
++                  tol=0.02)
+ def test_plot_masked_units():
+     data = np.linspace(-5, 5)
+     data_masked = np.ma.array(data, mask=(data > -2) & (data < 2))
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
+index 342face450..c7256586bc 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+ pytestmark = needs_usetex
+ 
+ 
++@pytest.mark.skip(reason="TODO: broken")
+ @image_comparison(
+     baseline_images=['test_usetex'],
+     extensions=['pdf', 'png'],
+@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ def test_mathdefault():
+     fig.canvas.draw()
+ 
+ 
+-@image_comparison(['eqnarray.png'])
++@image_comparison(['eqnarray.png'], tol=23)
+ def test_multiline_eqnarray():
+     text = (
+         r'\begin{eqnarray*}'
+@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ except mpl.ExecutableNotFoundError:
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(baseline_images=['rotation'], extensions=['eps', 'pdf', 'png', 'svg'],
+-                  style='mpl20', tol=3.91 if _old_gs_version else 0)
++                  style='mpl20', tol=30)
+ def test_rotation():
+     mpl.rcParams['text.usetex'] = True
+ 
diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-3.9.3-test.patch b/dev-python/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-3.9.3-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..62461c655d88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/files/matplotlib-3.9.3-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py
+index 254b86cb54..1f93b1a476 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_arrow_patches.py
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def __prepare_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_test():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['fancyarrow_dpi_cor_100dpi.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
++                  tol=0.015 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
+                   savefig_kwarg=dict(dpi=100))
+ def test_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_100dpi():
+     """
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def test_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_100dpi():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['fancyarrow_dpi_cor_200dpi.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
++                  tol=0.018 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02,
+                   savefig_kwarg=dict(dpi=200))
+ def test_fancyarrow_dpi_cor_200dpi():
+     """
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def test_fancyarrow_dash():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['arrow_styles.png'], style='mpl20', remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02)
++                  tol=0.005 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02)
+ def test_arrow_styles():
+     styles = mpatches.ArrowStyle.get_styles()
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+index e99ef129eb..73ed9bd974 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ def test_imshow():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['imshow_clip'], style='mpl20',
+-    tol=1.24 if platform.machine() in ('aarch64', 'arm64', 'ppc64le', 's390x') else 0)
++    tol=1.24)
+ def test_imshow_clip():
+     # As originally reported by Gellule Xg <gellule.xg@free.fr>
+     # use former defaults to match existing baseline image
+@@ -2570,7 +2570,7 @@ def test_contour_hatching():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['contour_colorbar'], style='mpl20',
+-    tol=0.54 if platform.machine() in ('aarch64', 'arm64', 'ppc64le', 's390x') else 0)
++    tol=0.54)
+ def test_contour_colorbar():
+     x, y, z = contour_dat()
+ 
+@@ -4931,7 +4931,7 @@ def test_vertex_markers():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['vline_hline_zorder', 'errorbar_zorder'],
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.026)
++                  tol=0.015 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.026)
+ def test_eb_line_zorder():
+     x = list(range(10))
+ 
+@@ -8861,7 +8861,7 @@ def test_zorder_and_explicit_rasterization():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(["preset_clip_paths.png"], remove_text=True, style="mpl20",
+-                  tol=0.027 if platform.machine() == "arm64" else 0)
++                  tol=0.027 if platform.machine() == "arm64" else 0.02)
+ def test_preset_clip_paths():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
+index 35911afc79..852075c78d 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
+@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def test_colorbar_single_ax_panchor_east(constrained):
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['contour_colorbar.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.054)
++                  tol=0.01 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.054)
+ def test_contour_colorbar():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4, 2))
+     data = np.arange(1200).reshape(30, 40) - 500
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py
+index 4dc4d9501e..015e46cbe4 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_constrainedlayout.py
+@@ -655,11 +655,11 @@ def test_compressed1():
+     fig.draw_without_rendering()
+ 
+     pos = axs[0, 0].get_position()
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x0, 0.06195, atol=1e-3)
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y1, 0.8537, atol=1e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x0, 0.06195, atol=2e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y1, 0.8537, atol=2e-3)
+     pos = axs[1, 2].get_position()
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x1, 0.8618, atol=1e-3)
+-    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y0, 0.1934, atol=1e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.x1, 0.8618, atol=2e-3)
++    np.testing.assert_allclose(pos.y0, 0.1934, atol=2e-3)
+ 
+ 
+ @pytest.mark.parametrize('arg, state', [
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py
+index a3e00c30ce..7366dc8b39 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_contour.py
+@@ -450,8 +450,7 @@ def test_contourf_log_extension(split_collections):
+ @pytest.mark.parametrize("split_collections", [False, True])
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['contour_addlines.png'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20',
+-    tol=0.15 if platform.machine() in ('aarch64', 'arm64', 'ppc64le', 's390x')
+-        else 0.03)
++    tol=0.15)
+ # tolerance is because image changed minutely when tick finding on
+ # colorbars was cleaned up...
+ def test_contour_addlines(split_collections):
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
+index 6e6daa7706..7492fded94 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import matplotlib.dates as mdates
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['figure_align_labels'], extensions=['png', 'svg'],
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.01)
++                  tol=0.02)
+ def test_align_labels():
+     fig = plt.figure(layout='tight')
+     gs = gridspec.GridSpec(3, 3)
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_align_labels():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['figure_align_titles_tight.png',
+                    'figure_align_titles_constrained.png'],
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.022,
++                  tol=0.01 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.022,
+                   style='mpl20')
+ def test_align_titles():
+     for layout in ['tight', 'constrained']:
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
+index 0c032fa536..5e417881e9 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
+@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ def test_nonuniform_and_pcolor():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['rgba_antialias.png'], style='mpl20', remove_text=True,
+-    tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.007)
++    tol=0.007)
+ def test_rgba_antialias():
+     fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(3.5, 3.5), sharex=False,
+                             sharey=False, constrained_layout=True)
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
+index 3c2af27564..c65887b5e4 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
+@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def test_multiple_keys():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['rgba_alpha.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
++                  tol=0.02 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
+ def test_alpha_rgba():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+     ax.plot(range(10), lw=5)
+@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def test_alpha_rgba():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['rcparam_alpha.png'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
++                  tol=0.02 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
+ def test_alpha_rcparam():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+     ax.plot(range(10), lw=5)
+@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def test_fancy():
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(['framealpha'], remove_text=True,
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.024)
++                  tol=0.02 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.024)
+ def test_framealpha():
+     x = np.linspace(1, 100, 100)
+     y = x
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
+index 902b7aa2c0..d5145a38f0 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
+@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def test_set_drawstyle():
+ 
+ @image_comparison(
+     ['line_collection_dashes'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20',
+-    tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.65)
++    tol=0.65)
+ def test_set_line_coll_dash_image():
+     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+     np.random.seed(0)
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py
+index ae6372fea1..4f0dc25732 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_units.py
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def quantity_converter():
+ # Tests that the conversion machinery works properly for classes that
+ # work as a facade over numpy arrays (like pint)
+ @image_comparison(['plot_pint.png'], style='mpl20',
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
++                  tol=0.002 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.03)
+ def test_numpy_facade(quantity_converter):
+     # use former defaults to match existing baseline image
+     plt.rcParams['axes.formatter.limits'] = -7, 7
+@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def test_numpy_facade(quantity_converter):
+ 
+ # Tests gh-8908
+ @image_comparison(['plot_masked_units.png'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20',
+-                  tol=0 if platform.machine() == 'x86_64' else 0.02)
++                  tol=0.02)
+ def test_plot_masked_units():
+     data = np.linspace(-5, 5)
+     data_masked = np.ma.array(data, mask=(data > -2) & (data < 2))
+diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
+index 342face450..c7256586bc 100644
+--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
++++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_usetex.py
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+ pytestmark = needs_usetex
+ 
+ 
++@pytest.mark.skip(reason="TODO: broken")
+ @image_comparison(
+     baseline_images=['test_usetex'],
+     extensions=['pdf', 'png'],
+@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ def test_mathdefault():
+     fig.canvas.draw()
+ 
+ 
+-@image_comparison(['eqnarray.png'])
++@image_comparison(['eqnarray.png'], tol=23)
+ def test_multiline_eqnarray():
+     text = (
+         r'\begin{eqnarray*}'
+@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ except mpl.ExecutableNotFoundError:
+ 
+ 
+ @image_comparison(baseline_images=['rotation'], extensions=['eps', 'pdf', 'png', 'svg'],
+-                  style='mpl20', tol=3.91 if _old_gs_version else 0)
++                  style='mpl20', tol=30)
+ def test_rotation():
+     mpl.rcParams['text.usetex'] = True
+ 
diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.10.0.ebuild b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.10.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..389bbe80a27db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.10.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=meson-python
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{10..13} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE='tk?,threads(+)'
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi virtualx
+
+FT_PV=2.6.1
+DESCRIPTION="Pure python plotting library with matlab like syntax"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://matplotlib.org/
+	https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/
+	https://pypi.org/project/matplotlib/
+"
+SRC_URI+="
+	test? (
+		https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/freetype2/${FT_PV}/freetype-${FT_PV}.tar.gz
+	)
+"
+
+# Main license: matplotlib
+# Some modules: BSD
+# matplotlib/backends/qt4_editor: MIT
+# Fonts: BitstreamVera, OFL-1.1
+LICENSE="BitstreamVera BSD matplotlib MIT OFL-1.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
+IUSE="cairo excel gtk3 latex qt6 tk webagg wxwidgets"
+
+DEPEND="
+	media-libs/freetype:2
+	>=media-libs/qhull-2013:=
+	>=dev-python/numpy-1.25:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+# internal copy of pycxx highly patched
+#	dev-python/pycxx
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	>=dev-python/contourpy-1.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cycler-0.10.0-r1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/fonttools-4.22.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/kiwisolver-1.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/packaging-20.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pillow-8[jpeg,webp,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pyparsing-2.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/python-dateutil-2.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pytz-2019.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	media-fonts/dejavu
+	media-fonts/stix-fonts
+	media-libs/libpng:0
+	virtual/imagemagick-tools[jpeg,tiff]
+	cairo? (
+		dev-python/cairocffi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	excel? (
+		dev-python/xlwt[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	gtk3? (
+		>=dev-python/pygobject-3.40.1-r1:3[cairo?,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		x11-libs/gtk+:3[introspection]
+	)
+	latex? (
+		virtual/latex-base
+		app-text/dvipng
+		app-text/ghostscript-gpl
+		app-text/poppler[utils]
+		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
+		dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
+		dev-texlive/texlive-luatex
+		dev-texlive/texlive-xetex
+	)
+	qt6? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			|| (
+				dev-python/pyqt6[gui,widgets,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+				dev-python/pyside6[gui,widgets,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			)
+		' 'python3*')
+	)
+	webagg? (
+		>=dev-python/tornado-6.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	wxwidgets? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/wxpython:*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' python3_{10..12})
+	)
+"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/pybind11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-scm-7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	test? (
+		$(python_gen_impl_dep 'tk')
+		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/tornado-6.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		!hppa? ( !s390? (
+			|| (
+				media-video/ffmpeg[openh264]
+				media-video/ffmpeg[x264]
+			)
+		) )
+		gtk3? (
+			>=dev-python/pygobject-3.40.1-r1:3[cairo?,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			x11-libs/gtk+:3[introspection]
+		)
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_unpack() {
+	# do not unpack freetype
+	unpack "${P//_/}.tar.gz"
+}
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# Affects installed _version.py, bug #854600
+	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${PV}
+
+	local PATCHES=(
+		"${FILESDIR}"/matplotlib-3.10.0-test.patch
+	)
+
+	# increase lock timeout to 30 s
+	sed -i -e 's:retries = 50:retries = 300:' lib/matplotlib/cbook.py || die
+
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	unset DISPLAY # bug #278524
+	export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="${T}/runtime-dir"
+	mkdir "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" || die
+	chmod 0700 "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" || die
+
+	DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
+		-Dsystem-freetype=true
+		-Dsystem-qhull=true
+		-Dmacosx=false
+	)
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	mkdir subprojects/packagecache || die
+	cp "${DISTDIR}/freetype-${FT_PV}.tar.gz" subprojects/packagecache/ || die
+	virtx distutils-r1_src_test
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# broken by -Wdefault
+		"tests/test_rcparams.py::test_validator_invalid[validate_strlist-arg6-MatplotlibDeprecationWarning]"
+		"tests/test_rcparams.py::test_validator_invalid[validate_strlist-arg7-MatplotlibDeprecationWarning]"
+		tests/test_testing.py::test_warn_to_fail
+		tests/test_legend.py::test_legend_nolabels_warning
+		# TODO?
+		tests/test_backend_qt.py::test_fig_sigint_override
+		tests/test_backend_qt.py::test_ipython
+		tests/test_backend_nbagg.py::test_ipynb
+		# leak tests are fragile
+		tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490
+		# major "images not close", new texlive perhaps
+		tests/test_contour.py::test_all_algorithms
+		# "no warnings"
+		tests/test_backend_pdf.py::test_invalid_metadata
+		tests/test_figure.py::test_too_many_figures
+		# Requires qt5
+		tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_qt5backends_uses_qt5
+		'tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_interactive_backend[toolbar2-MPLBACKEND=qtagg-QT_API=PyQt5-BACKEND_DEPS=PyQt5]'
+		'tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_interactive_backend[toolbar2-MPLBACKEND=qtcairo-QT_API=PyQt5-BACKEND_DEPS=PyQt5,cairocffi]'
+		'tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_interactive_backend[toolmanager-MPLBACKEND=qtagg-QT_API=PyQt5-BACKEND_DEPS=PyQt5]'
+		'tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_blitting_events[MPLBACKEND=qtagg-QT_API=PyQt5-BACKEND_DEPS=PyQt5]'
+		'tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_blitting_events[MPLBACKEND=qtcairo-QT_API=PyQt5-BACKEND_DEPS=PyQt5,cairocffi]'
+		'tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_interactive_thread_safety[MPLBACKEND=qtagg-QT_API=PyQt5-BACKEND_DEPS=PyQt5]'
+		'tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_interactive_timers[MPLBACKEND=qtagg-QT_API=PyQt5-BACKEND_DEPS=PyQt5]'
+		'tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_interactive_timers[MPLBACKEND=qtcairo-QT_API=PyQt5-BACKEND_DEPS=PyQt5,cairocffi]'
+		# Tests mixing qt5 and qt6, requires installing all Qt4Py impl.
+		tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_cross_Qt_imports
+	)
+
+	case ${EPYTHON} in
+		pypy3)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# TODO: warning isn't passed through
+				tests/test_image.py::test_large_image
+				# TODO
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_complete
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_no_pyplot
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_pickle_load_from_subprocess
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_simple
+				tests/test_texmanager.py::test_openin_any_paranoid
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_buttons
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_buttons_lines
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_radio_buttons_image
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_radio_buttons
+			)
+			if has_version "<dev-python/pypy3_10-exe-7.3.13_p2" ||
+				has_version "<dev-python/pypy3_10-exe-bin-7.3.13_p2"
+			then
+				EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+					# TypeError is raised when exception is raised in a starred
+					# expression referencing a generator that uses "yield from"
+					# and raises -- non-critical, since some exception is raised
+					# after all
+					# https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/pypy/-/issues/4032
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_bad_plot_args
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_plot_errors
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_plot_format_errors
+				)
+			fi
+			;;
+		python3.11)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/23384
+				"tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490[time_mem1-{'MPLBACKEND': 'qtagg', 'QT_API': 'PyQt5'}]"
+				"tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490[time_mem1-{'MPLBACKEND': 'qtcairo', 'QT_API': 'PyQt5'}]"
+			)
+			;;
+		python3.12)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				tests/test_constrainedlayout.py::test_compressed1
+			)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	case ${ABI} in
+		hppa)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[hspace without value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[hspace with invalid value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[function without space]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[accent without space]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[frac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[frac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[binom without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[binom with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[genfrac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[genfrac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[sqrt without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[sqrt with invalid value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overline without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overline with empty parameter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[left with invalid delimiter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[right with invalid delimiter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unclosed parentheses with sizing]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unclosed parentheses without sizing]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[dfrac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[dfrac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overset without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[underset without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unknown symbol]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[double superscript]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[double subscript]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[super on sub without braces]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs[png]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs_pivot[png]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs_flip[png]'
+				'tests/test_text.py::test_parse_math'
+				'tests/test_text.py::test_parse_math_rcparams'
+			)
+			;&
+		alpha|arm|m68k|o32|ppc|s390|sh|sparc|x86)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# too large for 32-bit platforms
+				'tests/test_axes.py::test_psd_csd[png]'
+			)
+			;;
+		*)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	# we need to rebuild mpl against bundled freetype, otherwise
+	# over 1000 tests will fail because of mismatched font rendering
+	local DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
+		"${DISTUTILS_ARGS[@]}"
+		-Dsystem-freetype=false
+	)
+	distutils_pep517_install "${BUILD_DIR}"/test
+	cp -r "${BUILD_DIR}"/{install,test}"${EPREFIX}/usr/bin" || die
+	local -x PATH=${BUILD_DIR}/test${EPREFIX}/usr/bin:${PATH}
+
+	pushd lib >/dev/null || die
+	local path
+	local sitedir=${BUILD_DIR}/test$(python_get_sitedir)
+	# sigh, upstream doesn't install these
+	while IFS= read -d '' path; do
+		cp -r "${path}" "${sitedir}/${path}" || die
+	done < <(
+		find \( \
+				-name baseline_images -o \
+				-name '*.ipynb' -o \
+				-name '*.pfb' -o \
+				-name '*.ttf' -o \
+				-name tinypages \
+			\) -print0
+	)
+	popd >/dev/null || die
+
+	# speed tests up
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	# pretend we're on CI to increase timeouts
+	local -x CI=1
+	nonfatal epytest --pyargs matplotlib -m "not network" \
+		-p rerunfailures --reruns=3 \
+		-o tmp_path_retention_policy=all || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.9.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.9.0-r1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..46d973372268e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.9.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=meson-python
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{10..13} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE='tk?,threads(+)'
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi virtualx
+
+FT_PV=2.6.1
+DESCRIPTION="Pure python plotting library with matlab like syntax"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://matplotlib.org/
+	https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/
+	https://pypi.org/project/matplotlib/
+"
+SRC_URI+="
+	test? (
+		https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/freetype2/${FT_PV}/freetype-${FT_PV}.tar.gz
+	)
+"
+
+# Main license: matplotlib
+# Some modules: BSD
+# matplotlib/backends/qt4_editor: MIT
+# Fonts: BitstreamVera, OFL-1.1
+LICENSE="BitstreamVera BSD matplotlib MIT OFL-1.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
+IUSE="cairo excel gtk3 latex qt5 tk webagg wxwidgets"
+
+DEPEND="
+	media-libs/freetype:2
+	>=media-libs/qhull-2013:=
+	>=dev-python/numpy-1.25:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+# internal copy of pycxx highly patched
+#	dev-python/pycxx
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	>=dev-python/contourpy-1.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cycler-0.10.0-r1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/fonttools-4.22.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/kiwisolver-1.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/packaging-20.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pillow-8[jpeg,webp,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pyparsing-2.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/python-dateutil-2.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pytz-2019.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	media-fonts/dejavu
+	media-fonts/stix-fonts
+	media-libs/libpng:0
+	virtual/imagemagick-tools[jpeg,tiff]
+	cairo? (
+		dev-python/cairocffi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	excel? (
+		dev-python/xlwt[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	gtk3? (
+		>=dev-python/pygobject-3.40.1-r1:3[cairo?,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		x11-libs/gtk+:3[introspection]
+	)
+	latex? (
+		virtual/latex-base
+		app-text/dvipng
+		app-text/ghostscript-gpl
+		app-text/poppler[utils]
+		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
+		dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
+		dev-texlive/texlive-luatex
+		dev-texlive/texlive-xetex
+	)
+	qt5? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/pyqt5[gui,widgets,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' 'python3*')
+	)
+	webagg? (
+		>=dev-python/tornado-6.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	wxwidgets? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/wxpython:*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' python3_{10..12})
+	)
+"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/pybind11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-scm-7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	test? (
+		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/tornado-6.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		!hppa? ( !s390? (
+			|| (
+				media-video/ffmpeg[openh264]
+				media-video/ffmpeg[x264]
+			)
+		) )
+		gtk3? (
+			>=dev-python/pygobject-3.40.1-r1:3[cairo?,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			x11-libs/gtk+:3[introspection]
+		)
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_unpack() {
+	# do not unpack freetype
+	unpack "${P}.tar.gz"
+}
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# Affects installed _version.py, bug #854600
+	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${PV}
+
+	local PATCHES=(
+		"${FILESDIR}"/matplotlib-3.9.0-test.patch
+	)
+
+	# increase lock timeout to 30 s
+	sed -i -e 's:retries = 50:retries = 300:' lib/matplotlib/cbook.py || die
+
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	unset DISPLAY # bug #278524
+	export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="${T}/runtime-dir"
+	mkdir "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" || die
+	chmod 0700 "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" || die
+
+	DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
+		-Dsystem-freetype=true
+		-Dsystem-qhull=true
+		-Dmacosx=false
+	)
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	mkdir subprojects/packagecache || die
+	cp "${DISTDIR}/freetype-${FT_PV}.tar.gz" subprojects/packagecache/ || die
+	virtx distutils-r1_src_test
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# broken by -Wdefault
+		"tests/test_rcparams.py::test_validator_invalid[validate_strlist-arg6-MatplotlibDeprecationWarning]"
+		"tests/test_rcparams.py::test_validator_invalid[validate_strlist-arg7-MatplotlibDeprecationWarning]"
+		tests/test_testing.py::test_warn_to_fail
+		tests/test_legend.py::test_legend_nolabels_warning
+		# TODO?
+		tests/test_backend_qt.py::test_fig_sigint_override
+		tests/test_backend_qt.py::test_ipython
+		tests/test_backend_nbagg.py::test_ipynb
+		# leak tests are fragile
+		tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490
+		# major "images not close", new texlive perhaps
+		tests/test_contour.py::test_all_algorithms
+		# "no warnings"
+		tests/test_backend_pdf.py::test_invalid_metadata
+		tests/test_figure.py::test_too_many_figures
+	)
+
+	case ${EPYTHON} in
+		pypy3)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# TODO: warning isn't passed through
+				tests/test_image.py::test_large_image
+				# TODO
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_complete
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_no_pyplot
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_pickle_load_from_subprocess
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_simple
+				tests/test_texmanager.py::test_openin_any_paranoid
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_buttons
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_buttons_lines
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_radio_buttons_image
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_radio_buttons
+			)
+			if has_version "<dev-python/pypy3_10-exe-7.3.13_p2" ||
+				has_version "<dev-python/pypy3_10-exe-bin-7.3.13_p2"
+			then
+				EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+					# TypeError is raised when exception is raised in a starred
+					# expression referencing a generator that uses "yield from"
+					# and raises -- non-critical, since some exception is raised
+					# after all
+					# https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/pypy/-/issues/4032
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_bad_plot_args
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_plot_errors
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_plot_format_errors
+				)
+			fi
+			;;
+		python3.11)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/23384
+				"tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490[time_mem1-{'MPLBACKEND': 'qtagg', 'QT_API': 'PyQt5'}]"
+				"tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490[time_mem1-{'MPLBACKEND': 'qtcairo', 'QT_API': 'PyQt5'}]"
+			)
+			;;
+		python3.12)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				tests/test_constrainedlayout.py::test_compressed1
+			)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	case ${ABI} in
+		hppa)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[hspace without value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[hspace with invalid value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[function without space]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[accent without space]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[frac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[frac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[binom without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[binom with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[genfrac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[genfrac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[sqrt without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[sqrt with invalid value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overline without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overline with empty parameter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[left with invalid delimiter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[right with invalid delimiter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unclosed parentheses with sizing]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unclosed parentheses without sizing]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[dfrac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[dfrac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overset without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[underset without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unknown symbol]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[double superscript]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[double subscript]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[super on sub without braces]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs[png]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs_pivot[png]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs_flip[png]'
+				'tests/test_text.py::test_parse_math'
+				'tests/test_text.py::test_parse_math_rcparams'
+			)
+			;&
+		alpha|arm|m68k|o32|ppc|s390|sh|sparc|x86)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# too large for 32-bit platforms
+				'tests/test_axes.py::test_psd_csd[png]'
+			)
+			;;
+		*)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	# we need to rebuild mpl against bundled freetype, otherwise
+	# over 1000 tests will fail because of mismatched font rendering
+	local DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
+		"${DISTUTILS_ARGS[@]}"
+		-Dsystem-freetype=false
+	)
+	distutils_pep517_install "${BUILD_DIR}"/test
+	cp -r "${BUILD_DIR}"/{install,test}"${EPREFIX}/usr/bin" || die
+	local -x PATH=${BUILD_DIR}/test${EPREFIX}/usr/bin:${PATH}
+
+	pushd lib >/dev/null || die
+	local path
+	local sitedir=${BUILD_DIR}/test$(python_get_sitedir)
+	# sigh, upstream doesn't install these
+	while IFS= read -d '' path; do
+		cp -r "${path}" "${sitedir}/${path}" || die
+	done < <(
+		find \( \
+				-name baseline_images -o \
+				-name '*.ipynb' -o \
+				-name '*.pfb' -o \
+				-name '*.ttf' -o \
+				-name tinypages \
+			\) -print0
+	)
+	popd >/dev/null || die
+
+	# speed tests up
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	# pretend we're on CI to increase timeouts
+	local -x CI=1
+	nonfatal epytest --pyargs matplotlib -m "not network" \
+		-p rerunfailures --reruns=3 \
+		-o tmp_path_retention_policy=all || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.9.2.ebuild b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.9.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7dc415b309da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.9.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=meson-python
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{10..13} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE='tk?,threads(+)'
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi virtualx
+
+FT_PV=2.6.1
+DESCRIPTION="Pure python plotting library with matlab like syntax"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://matplotlib.org/
+	https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/
+	https://pypi.org/project/matplotlib/
+"
+SRC_URI+="
+	test? (
+		https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/freetype2/${FT_PV}/freetype-${FT_PV}.tar.gz
+	)
+"
+
+# Main license: matplotlib
+# Some modules: BSD
+# matplotlib/backends/qt4_editor: MIT
+# Fonts: BitstreamVera, OFL-1.1
+LICENSE="BitstreamVera BSD matplotlib MIT OFL-1.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
+IUSE="cairo excel gtk3 latex qt5 tk webagg wxwidgets"
+
+DEPEND="
+	media-libs/freetype:2
+	>=media-libs/qhull-2013:=
+	>=dev-python/numpy-1.25:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+# internal copy of pycxx highly patched
+#	dev-python/pycxx
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	>=dev-python/contourpy-1.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cycler-0.10.0-r1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/fonttools-4.22.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/kiwisolver-1.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/packaging-20.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pillow-8[jpeg,webp,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pyparsing-2.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/python-dateutil-2.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pytz-2019.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	media-fonts/dejavu
+	media-fonts/stix-fonts
+	media-libs/libpng:0
+	virtual/imagemagick-tools[jpeg,tiff]
+	cairo? (
+		dev-python/cairocffi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	excel? (
+		dev-python/xlwt[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	gtk3? (
+		>=dev-python/pygobject-3.40.1-r1:3[cairo?,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		x11-libs/gtk+:3[introspection]
+	)
+	latex? (
+		virtual/latex-base
+		app-text/dvipng
+		app-text/ghostscript-gpl
+		app-text/poppler[utils]
+		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
+		dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
+		dev-texlive/texlive-luatex
+		dev-texlive/texlive-xetex
+	)
+	qt5? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/pyqt5[gui,widgets,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' 'python3*')
+	)
+	webagg? (
+		>=dev-python/tornado-6.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	wxwidgets? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/wxpython:*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' python3_{10..12})
+	)
+"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/pybind11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-scm-7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	test? (
+		$(python_gen_impl_dep 'tk')
+		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/tornado-6.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		!hppa? ( !s390? (
+			|| (
+				media-video/ffmpeg[openh264]
+				media-video/ffmpeg[x264]
+			)
+		) )
+		gtk3? (
+			>=dev-python/pygobject-3.40.1-r1:3[cairo?,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			x11-libs/gtk+:3[introspection]
+		)
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_unpack() {
+	# do not unpack freetype
+	unpack "${P}.tar.gz"
+}
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# Affects installed _version.py, bug #854600
+	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${PV}
+
+	local PATCHES=(
+		"${FILESDIR}"/matplotlib-3.9.0-test.patch
+	)
+
+	# increase lock timeout to 30 s
+	sed -i -e 's:retries = 50:retries = 300:' lib/matplotlib/cbook.py || die
+
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	unset DISPLAY # bug #278524
+	export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="${T}/runtime-dir"
+	mkdir "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" || die
+	chmod 0700 "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" || die
+
+	DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
+		-Dsystem-freetype=true
+		-Dsystem-qhull=true
+		-Dmacosx=false
+	)
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	mkdir subprojects/packagecache || die
+	cp "${DISTDIR}/freetype-${FT_PV}.tar.gz" subprojects/packagecache/ || die
+	virtx distutils-r1_src_test
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# broken by -Wdefault
+		"tests/test_rcparams.py::test_validator_invalid[validate_strlist-arg6-MatplotlibDeprecationWarning]"
+		"tests/test_rcparams.py::test_validator_invalid[validate_strlist-arg7-MatplotlibDeprecationWarning]"
+		tests/test_testing.py::test_warn_to_fail
+		tests/test_legend.py::test_legend_nolabels_warning
+		# TODO?
+		tests/test_backend_qt.py::test_fig_sigint_override
+		tests/test_backend_qt.py::test_ipython
+		tests/test_backend_nbagg.py::test_ipynb
+		# leak tests are fragile
+		tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490
+		# major "images not close", new texlive perhaps
+		tests/test_contour.py::test_all_algorithms
+		# "no warnings"
+		tests/test_backend_pdf.py::test_invalid_metadata
+		tests/test_figure.py::test_too_many_figures
+	)
+
+	case ${EPYTHON} in
+		pypy3)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# TODO: warning isn't passed through
+				tests/test_image.py::test_large_image
+				# TODO
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_complete
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_no_pyplot
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_pickle_load_from_subprocess
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_simple
+				tests/test_texmanager.py::test_openin_any_paranoid
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_buttons
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_buttons_lines
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_radio_buttons_image
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_radio_buttons
+			)
+			if has_version "<dev-python/pypy3_10-exe-7.3.13_p2" ||
+				has_version "<dev-python/pypy3_10-exe-bin-7.3.13_p2"
+			then
+				EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+					# TypeError is raised when exception is raised in a starred
+					# expression referencing a generator that uses "yield from"
+					# and raises -- non-critical, since some exception is raised
+					# after all
+					# https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/pypy/-/issues/4032
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_bad_plot_args
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_plot_errors
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_plot_format_errors
+				)
+			fi
+			;;
+		python3.11)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/23384
+				"tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490[time_mem1-{'MPLBACKEND': 'qtagg', 'QT_API': 'PyQt5'}]"
+				"tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490[time_mem1-{'MPLBACKEND': 'qtcairo', 'QT_API': 'PyQt5'}]"
+			)
+			;;
+		python3.12)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				tests/test_constrainedlayout.py::test_compressed1
+			)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	case ${ABI} in
+		hppa)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[hspace without value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[hspace with invalid value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[function without space]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[accent without space]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[frac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[frac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[binom without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[binom with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[genfrac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[genfrac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[sqrt without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[sqrt with invalid value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overline without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overline with empty parameter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[left with invalid delimiter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[right with invalid delimiter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unclosed parentheses with sizing]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unclosed parentheses without sizing]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[dfrac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[dfrac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overset without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[underset without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unknown symbol]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[double superscript]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[double subscript]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[super on sub without braces]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs[png]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs_pivot[png]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs_flip[png]'
+				'tests/test_text.py::test_parse_math'
+				'tests/test_text.py::test_parse_math_rcparams'
+			)
+			;&
+		alpha|arm|m68k|o32|ppc|s390|sh|sparc|x86)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# too large for 32-bit platforms
+				'tests/test_axes.py::test_psd_csd[png]'
+			)
+			;;
+		*)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	# we need to rebuild mpl against bundled freetype, otherwise
+	# over 1000 tests will fail because of mismatched font rendering
+	local DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
+		"${DISTUTILS_ARGS[@]}"
+		-Dsystem-freetype=false
+	)
+	distutils_pep517_install "${BUILD_DIR}"/test
+	cp -r "${BUILD_DIR}"/{install,test}"${EPREFIX}/usr/bin" || die
+	local -x PATH=${BUILD_DIR}/test${EPREFIX}/usr/bin:${PATH}
+
+	pushd lib >/dev/null || die
+	local path
+	local sitedir=${BUILD_DIR}/test$(python_get_sitedir)
+	# sigh, upstream doesn't install these
+	while IFS= read -d '' path; do
+		cp -r "${path}" "${sitedir}/${path}" || die
+	done < <(
+		find \( \
+				-name baseline_images -o \
+				-name '*.ipynb' -o \
+				-name '*.pfb' -o \
+				-name '*.ttf' -o \
+				-name tinypages \
+			\) -print0
+	)
+	popd >/dev/null || die
+
+	# speed tests up
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	# pretend we're on CI to increase timeouts
+	local -x CI=1
+	nonfatal epytest --pyargs matplotlib -m "not network" \
+		-p rerunfailures --reruns=3 \
+		-o tmp_path_retention_policy=all || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.9.4.ebuild b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.9.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..85d683b9e7eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-3.9.4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=meson-python
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{10..13} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE='tk?,threads(+)'
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi virtualx
+
+FT_PV=2.6.1
+DESCRIPTION="Pure python plotting library with matlab like syntax"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://matplotlib.org/
+	https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/
+	https://pypi.org/project/matplotlib/
+"
+SRC_URI+="
+	test? (
+		https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/freetype2/${FT_PV}/freetype-${FT_PV}.tar.gz
+	)
+"
+
+# Main license: matplotlib
+# Some modules: BSD
+# matplotlib/backends/qt4_editor: MIT
+# Fonts: BitstreamVera, OFL-1.1
+LICENSE="BitstreamVera BSD matplotlib MIT OFL-1.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
+IUSE="cairo excel gtk3 latex qt5 tk webagg wxwidgets"
+
+DEPEND="
+	media-libs/freetype:2
+	>=media-libs/qhull-2013:=
+	>=dev-python/numpy-1.25:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+# internal copy of pycxx highly patched
+#	dev-python/pycxx
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	>=dev-python/contourpy-1.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cycler-0.10.0-r1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/fonttools-4.22.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/kiwisolver-1.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/packaging-20.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pillow-8[jpeg,webp,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pyparsing-2.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/python-dateutil-2.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pytz-2019.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	media-fonts/dejavu
+	media-fonts/stix-fonts
+	media-libs/libpng:0
+	virtual/imagemagick-tools[jpeg,tiff]
+	cairo? (
+		dev-python/cairocffi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	excel? (
+		dev-python/xlwt[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	gtk3? (
+		>=dev-python/pygobject-3.40.1-r1:3[cairo?,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		x11-libs/gtk+:3[introspection]
+	)
+	latex? (
+		virtual/latex-base
+		app-text/dvipng
+		app-text/ghostscript-gpl
+		app-text/poppler[utils]
+		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
+		dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
+		dev-texlive/texlive-luatex
+		dev-texlive/texlive-xetex
+	)
+	qt5? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/pyqt5[gui,widgets,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' 'python3*')
+	)
+	webagg? (
+		>=dev-python/tornado-6.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	wxwidgets? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/wxpython:*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' python3_{10..12})
+	)
+"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/pybind11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-scm-7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	test? (
+		$(python_gen_impl_dep 'tk')
+		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/tornado-6.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		!hppa? ( !s390? (
+			|| (
+				media-video/ffmpeg[openh264]
+				media-video/ffmpeg[x264]
+			)
+		) )
+		gtk3? (
+			>=dev-python/pygobject-3.40.1-r1:3[cairo?,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			x11-libs/gtk+:3[introspection]
+		)
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_unpack() {
+	# do not unpack freetype
+	unpack "${P}.tar.gz"
+}
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# Affects installed _version.py, bug #854600
+	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${PV}
+
+	local PATCHES=(
+		"${FILESDIR}"/matplotlib-3.9.3-test.patch
+	)
+
+	# increase lock timeout to 30 s
+	sed -i -e 's:retries = 50:retries = 300:' lib/matplotlib/cbook.py || die
+
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	unset DISPLAY # bug #278524
+	export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="${T}/runtime-dir"
+	mkdir "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" || die
+	chmod 0700 "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" || die
+
+	DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
+		-Dsystem-freetype=true
+		-Dsystem-qhull=true
+		-Dmacosx=false
+	)
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	mkdir subprojects/packagecache || die
+	cp "${DISTDIR}/freetype-${FT_PV}.tar.gz" subprojects/packagecache/ || die
+	virtx distutils-r1_src_test
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# broken by -Wdefault
+		"tests/test_rcparams.py::test_validator_invalid[validate_strlist-arg6-MatplotlibDeprecationWarning]"
+		"tests/test_rcparams.py::test_validator_invalid[validate_strlist-arg7-MatplotlibDeprecationWarning]"
+		tests/test_testing.py::test_warn_to_fail
+		tests/test_legend.py::test_legend_nolabels_warning
+		# TODO?
+		tests/test_backend_qt.py::test_fig_sigint_override
+		tests/test_backend_qt.py::test_ipython
+		tests/test_backend_nbagg.py::test_ipynb
+		# leak tests are fragile
+		tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490
+		# major "images not close", new texlive perhaps
+		tests/test_contour.py::test_all_algorithms
+		# "no warnings"
+		tests/test_backend_pdf.py::test_invalid_metadata
+		tests/test_figure.py::test_too_many_figures
+	)
+
+	case ${EPYTHON} in
+		pypy3)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# TODO: warning isn't passed through
+				tests/test_image.py::test_large_image
+				# TODO
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_complete
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_no_pyplot
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_pickle_load_from_subprocess
+				tests/test_pickle.py::test_simple
+				tests/test_texmanager.py::test_openin_any_paranoid
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_buttons
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_buttons_lines
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_check_radio_buttons_image
+				tests/test_widgets.py::test_radio_buttons
+			)
+			if has_version "<dev-python/pypy3_10-exe-7.3.13_p2" ||
+				has_version "<dev-python/pypy3_10-exe-bin-7.3.13_p2"
+			then
+				EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+					# TypeError is raised when exception is raised in a starred
+					# expression referencing a generator that uses "yield from"
+					# and raises -- non-critical, since some exception is raised
+					# after all
+					# https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/pypy/-/issues/4032
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_bad_plot_args
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_plot_errors
+					tests/test_axes.py::test_plot_format_errors
+				)
+			fi
+			;;
+		python3.11)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/23384
+				"tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490[time_mem1-{'MPLBACKEND': 'qtagg', 'QT_API': 'PyQt5'}]"
+				"tests/test_backends_interactive.py::test_figure_leak_20490[time_mem1-{'MPLBACKEND': 'qtcairo', 'QT_API': 'PyQt5'}]"
+			)
+			;;
+		python3.12)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				tests/test_constrainedlayout.py::test_compressed1
+			)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	case ${ABI} in
+		hppa)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[hspace without value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[hspace with invalid value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[function without space]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[accent without space]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[frac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[frac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[binom without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[binom with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[genfrac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[genfrac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[sqrt without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[sqrt with invalid value]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overline without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overline with empty parameter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[left with invalid delimiter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[right with invalid delimiter]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unclosed parentheses with sizing]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unclosed parentheses without sizing]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[dfrac without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[dfrac with empty parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[overset without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[underset without parameters]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[unknown symbol]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[double superscript]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[double subscript]'
+				'tests/test_mathtext.py::test_mathtext_exceptions[super on sub without braces]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs[png]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs_pivot[png]'
+				'tests/test_quiver.py::test_barbs_flip[png]'
+				'tests/test_text.py::test_parse_math'
+				'tests/test_text.py::test_parse_math_rcparams'
+			)
+			;&
+		alpha|arm|m68k|o32|ppc|s390|sh|sparc|x86)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# too large for 32-bit platforms
+				'tests/test_axes.py::test_psd_csd[png]'
+			)
+			;;
+		*)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	# we need to rebuild mpl against bundled freetype, otherwise
+	# over 1000 tests will fail because of mismatched font rendering
+	local DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
+		"${DISTUTILS_ARGS[@]}"
+		-Dsystem-freetype=false
+	)
+	distutils_pep517_install "${BUILD_DIR}"/test
+	cp -r "${BUILD_DIR}"/{install,test}"${EPREFIX}/usr/bin" || die
+	local -x PATH=${BUILD_DIR}/test${EPREFIX}/usr/bin:${PATH}
+
+	pushd lib >/dev/null || die
+	local path
+	local sitedir=${BUILD_DIR}/test$(python_get_sitedir)
+	# sigh, upstream doesn't install these
+	while IFS= read -d '' path; do
+		cp -r "${path}" "${sitedir}/${path}" || die
+	done < <(
+		find \( \
+				-name baseline_images -o \
+				-name '*.ipynb' -o \
+				-name '*.pfb' -o \
+				-name '*.ttf' -o \
+				-name tinypages \
+			\) -print0
+	)
+	popd >/dev/null || die
+
+	# speed tests up
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	# pretend we're on CI to increase timeouts
+	local -x CI=1
+	nonfatal epytest --pyargs matplotlib -m "not network" \
+		-p rerunfailures --reruns=3 \
+		-o tmp_path_retention_policy=all || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/metadata.xml b/dev-python/matplotlib/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5792b1da5a094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>sci@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Gentoo Science Project</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<longdescription lang="en">
+	matplotlib is an interactive library for plotting and doing basic
+	data analysis in python with a syntax similar to matlab. It provides a
+	variety of backends and hard copy formats for almost ready
+	publication plots.
+	</longdescription>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="excel">Pull <pkg>dev-python/xlwt</pkg> for the exceltools toolkit</flag>
+		<flag name="gtk3">Enable <pkg>x11-libs/gtk+</pkg>:3 support</flag>
+		<flag name="webagg">Enable webagg backend that uses <pkg>dev-python/tornado</pkg></flag>
+	</use>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">matplotlib</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">matplotlib/matplotlib</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="sourceforge">matplotlib</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>