Merge pull request matplotlib#23463 from oscargus/ticklabeldeprecation

Deprecate Tick.label

Author: QuLogic

doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/23463-OG.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+``Tick.label``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+... has been pending deprecation since 3.1 and is now deprecated.
+Use ``Tick.label1`` instead.

lib/matplotlib/axis.py

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.update_position(loc)
 
     @property
-    @_api.deprecated("3.1", alternative="Tick.label1", pending=True)
+    @_api.deprecated("3.1", alternative="Tick.label1", removal="3.8")
     def label(self):
         return self.label1