Merge pull request matplotlib#23455 from oscargus/3daxisdeprecations

Deprecate properties w_xaxis, w_yaxis, and w_zaxis

Author: timhoffm

doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/23455-OG.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+``w_xaxis``, ``w_yaxis``, and ``w_zaxis`` of ``Axis3D``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+... have been pending deprecation since 3.1. They are now deprecated.
+Instead use ``xaxis``, ``yaxis``, and ``zaxis``.

lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py

@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ def get_zaxis(self):
     get_zgridlines = _axis_method_wrapper("zaxis", "get_gridlines")
     get_zticklines = _axis_method_wrapper("zaxis", "get_ticklines")
 
-    w_xaxis = _api.deprecated("3.1", alternative="xaxis", pending=True)(
+    w_xaxis = _api.deprecated("3.1", alternative="xaxis", removal="3.8")(
         property(lambda self: self.xaxis))
-    w_yaxis = _api.deprecated("3.1", alternative="yaxis", pending=True)(
+    w_yaxis = _api.deprecated("3.1", alternative="yaxis", removal="3.8")(
         property(lambda self: self.yaxis))
-    w_zaxis = _api.deprecated("3.1", alternative="zaxis", pending=True)(
+    w_zaxis = _api.deprecated("3.1", alternative="zaxis", removal="3.8")(
         property(lambda self: self.zaxis))
 
     def unit_cube(self, vals=None):