Plots.jl: Unclear Behavior

[iwelch]

julia> using Plots; x= 1:0.1:10; Y= [ sin.(x), cos.(x) ];

julia> plot( x, Y, tickfontrotation=50 )

does not rotate, but increases the tick font size. Genauguy told me that this attribute which I learned from plotattr(:Axis) needs to be on an xaxis= (tickfontrotation=50).

But then, a plot(x, sin.(x), dpi = 75), again with argument obtained from plotattr(:Plot) must be specified directly. And what about series attributes?

And why does

julia> plot( x, Y, showaxis=:x)

not work? (I am looking at plotattr("showaxis") docs.)

Plots works like a charm most of the time, and is a great package. My confusion from the docs just makes learning it a little harder.

[mkborregaard]

thanks for reporting, these are bugs, not unclarities.

[tucker-chambers]

with pyplot() backend, using xrotation and yrotation works fine.
For example:
bar(x , y, xticks = 10, xtickfont = font(6, "Courier"), xrotation=90)

[rafaqz]

This one just got me:

julia> plot( x, y, showaxis=:y)

Is there another way to just show the y axis?

[daschw]

Until this is fixed you can use

plot(x, y, axis = :y)

or

plot(x, y, xaxis = false)

[BioTurboNick]

Just hit this issue. "showaxis" doesn't accept symbols as documented.

[BeastyBlacksmith]

Should work with Plots 1.3.5+, I fixed that in https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl/pull/2737.
Which version are you on?

[BioTurboNick]

Dangit, burned by [compat]/Pkg again. I had no idea it had gone to 1.0, let alone 1.3.5. I was on 0.29.9

[timholy]

It might be worth considering RetroCap? I ran it on JuliaPlots and got the diff below. The risk, of course, is that some people will suddenly get Pkg errors when they didn't formerly.

diff --git a/A/AbstractPlotting/Compat.toml b/A/AbstractPlotting/Compat.toml
index ceba55f09f..278af7c715 100644
--- a/A/AbstractPlotting/Compat.toml
+++ b/A/AbstractPlotting/Compat.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 ["0-0.9.0"]
-GeometryTypes = "0.4.5-0"
-PlotUtils = "0"
-Reactive = "0"
+GeometryTypes = "0.4.5 - 0.7"
+Reactive = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+
+["0-0.9.10"]
+ColorBrewer = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+ColorTypes = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+Colors = "0.0.0 - 0.9"
+IntervalSets = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+Packing = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+PlotUtils = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+Showoff = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+SignedDistanceFields = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+StaticArrays = "0.0.0 - 0.12"
+UnicodeFun = "0.0.0 - 0.4"

 ["0-0.9.7"]
-ColorBrewer = "0"
-ColorTypes = "0"
-Colors = "0"
 FreeType = "1-2"
-FreeTypeAbstraction = "0"
-IntervalSets = "0"
-Packing = "0"
-Showoff = "0"
-SignedDistanceFields = "0"
-StaticArrays = "0"
-UnicodeFun = "0"
+FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

 ["0.10-0"]
@@ -54,12 +56,14 @@ GeometryBasics = "0.2.6-0.2"
 ["0.11.1-0"]
 ImageIO = "0.2"

+["0.9.1-0.9.10"]
+Contour = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+GeometryTypes = "0.7.2 - 0.7"
+
 ["0.9.1-0.9.7"]
-Contour = "0"
 FileIO = "0-1"
 FixedPointNumbers = "0-0.5"
-GeometryTypes = "0.7.2-0"
-Observables = "0"
+Observables = "0.0.0 - 0.2"

 ["0.9.10"]
 julia = "1.0.0-1"
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ FreeType = "2.1.0-3"
 FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.4.2-0.5"

 ["0.9.2-0.9.7"]
-ImageMagick = "0"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 0.7"

 ["0.9.22"]
 Observables = "0.3"
@@ -156,13 +160,17 @@ ColorTypes = "0.8-0.10"
 Colors = "0.9-0.12"

 ["0.9.8-0.9.10"]
-FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.4.2-*"
-GeometryTypes = "0.7.2-*"
-Observables = "0.2.0-*"
-StructArrays = "0.3.0-*"
+FileIO = "0.0.0 - 1"
+FixedPointNumbers = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+FreeType = "0.0.0 - 2"
+FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.4.2 - 0.4"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 1"
+Observables = "0.2.0 - 0.2"
+StructArrays = "0.3.0 - 0.4"

 ["0.9.8-0.9.9"]
 julia = "1"

 ["0.9.9-0.9.10"]
-DocStringExtensions = "0.8.0-*"
+DocStringExtensions = "0.8.0 - 0.8"
+FFMPEG = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
diff --git a/C/CairoMakie/Compat.toml b/C/CairoMakie/Compat.toml
index 4174df870e..b75270ef4d 100644
--- a/C/CairoMakie/Compat.toml
+++ b/C/CairoMakie/Compat.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 ["0-0.0.1"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.0.0 - 0.9"

 ["0-0.1.0"]
 Cairo = "0-0.5"
-Colors = "0"
-GeometryTypes = "0.4.5-0"
-Makie = "0"
-StaticArrays = "0.6.6-0"
+GeometryTypes = "0.4.5 - 0.8"
+Makie = "0.0.0 - 0.11"
+StaticArrays = "0.6.6 - 0.12"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

+["0-0.1.2"]
+Colors = "0.0.0 - 0.11"
+
 ["0.0.2-0.1.0"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1-0"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1 - 0.9"

 ["0.1.0"]
 FileIO = "0-1"
@@ -19,8 +21,14 @@ FileIO = "0-1"
 julia = "1"

 ["0.1.1-0.1.2"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.2-*"
-GeometryTypes = "0.7.2-*"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.2 - 0.9"
+Cairo = "0.0.0 - 1"
+FileIO = "0.0.0 - 1"
+GeometryTypes = "0.7.2 - 0.8"
+ImageCore = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 1"
+MeshIO = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+StaticArrays = "0.0.0 - 0.12"

 ["0.1.3-0"]
 Cairo = "1"
diff --git a/G/GLMakie/Compat.toml b/G/GLMakie/Compat.toml
index 4c8cb1877f..2cf8701f4a 100644
--- a/G/GLMakie/Compat.toml
+++ b/G/GLMakie/Compat.toml
@@ -1,39 +1,41 @@
 ["0-0.0.1"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0"
-GeometryTypes = "0.4.5-0"
-Makie = "0"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.0.0 - 0.9"
+GeometryTypes = "0.4.5 - 0.7"
+Makie = "0.0.0 - 0.11"

 ["0-0.0.4"]
-QuartzImageIO = "0"
+QuartzImageIO = "0.0.0 - 0.7"

 ["0-0.0.5"]
-AxisArrays = "0"
-ColorBrewer = "0"
-ColorTypes = "0"
+ColorBrewer = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
 ColorVectorSpace = "0-0.7"
-Colors = "0"
-Contour = "0"
+Contour = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
 FileIO = "0-1"
 FixedPointNumbers = "0-0.6"
 FreeType = "1-2"
-FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.3-0"
 GLFW = "2.3-2"
-ImageAxes = "0"
 ImageCore = "0-0.7"
-ImageMagick = "0"
-ImageTransformations = "0"
-IndirectArrays = "0"
-IntervalSets = "0"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 0.7"
 IterTools = "0-1"
 ModernGL = "0-1"
-Observables = "0"
-PlotUtils = "0"
-Primes = "0"
-Showoff = "0"
-StaticArrays = "0.6.6-0"
-UnicodeFun = "0"
+PlotUtils = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+Primes = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+Showoff = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+UnicodeFun = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

+["0-0.0.8"]
+AxisArrays = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+ColorTypes = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+Colors = "0.0.0 - 0.9"
+FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.3.0 - 0.8"
+ImageAxes = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+ImageTransformations = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+IndirectArrays = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+IntervalSets = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+Observables = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+StaticArrays = "0.6.6 - 0.12"
+
 ["0.0.12-0.0.13"]
 FixedPointNumbers = "0.6-0.7"

@@ -61,26 +63,32 @@ GeometryTypes = "0.8"
 StaticArrays = "0.7-0.12"

 ["0.0.2-0.0.4"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1-0"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1 - 0.9"

-["0.0.2-0.0.5"]
-GeometryTypes = "0.7.2-0"
+["0.0.2-0.0.8"]
+GeometryTypes = "0.7.2 - 0.7"

-["0.0.5"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.6-0"
+["0.0.5-0.0.6"]
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.6 - 0.9"

 ["0.0.6"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.6-*"
 julia = "1"

 ["0.0.6-0.0.8"]
-FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.3.0-*"
-GLFW = "2.3.0-*"
-GeometryTypes = "0.7.2-*"
-StaticArrays = "0.6.6-*"
+ColorVectorSpace = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+FileIO = "0.0.0 - 1"
+FixedPointNumbers = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+FreeType = "0.0.0 - 3"
+GLFW = "2.3.0 - 3"
+ImageCore = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+ImageFiltering = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 1"
+IterTools = "0.0.0 - 1"
+MeshIO = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+ModernGL = "0.0.0 - 1"

 ["0.0.7-0.0.8"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.9-*"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.9 - 0.9"
 julia = "1.0.0-1"

 ["0.0.9-0"]
diff --git a/G/GeoMakie/Compat.toml b/G/GeoMakie/Compat.toml
index 77af3900fb..1af45885c4 100644
--- a/G/GeoMakie/Compat.toml
+++ b/G/GeoMakie/Compat.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [0]
-Colors = "0"
+Colors = "0.0.0 - 0.12"
 GeoInterface = "0.5"
 GeoJSON = "0.5"
 Glob = "1"
 ImageMagick = "1"
-NASAEarthObservations = "0"
-Reexport = "0"
+NASAEarthObservations = "0.0.0 - 0.1"
+Reexport = "0.0.0 - 0.2"

 ["0-0.1.1"]
-MakieLayout = "0"
+MakieLayout = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
 julia = "1.1.0-1"

 ["0-0.1.3"]
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ julia = "1"
 MakieLayout = "0.2"

 ["0.1.4-0"]
-Proj4 = "0"
+Proj4 = "0.0.0 - 0.7"

 ["0.1.4-0.1.5"]
 MakieLayout = "0.2-0.3"
diff --git a/G/GraphRecipes/Compat.toml b/G/GraphRecipes/Compat.toml
index f8054ba866..7a29ca0b20 100644
--- a/G/GraphRecipes/Compat.toml
+++ b/G/GraphRecipes/Compat.toml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ julia = "1"

 ["0-0.4"]
 LightGraphs = "0-1"
-NetworkLayout = "0"
-PlotUtils = "0"
-RecipesBase = "0"
+NetworkLayout = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+PlotUtils = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+RecipesBase = "0.0.0 - 0.7"

 ["0.5-0"]
 AbstractTrees = "0.3.1-0.3"
diff --git a/M/Makie/Compat.toml b/M/Makie/Compat.toml
index 33abbe00e4..95eaf3483c 100644
--- a/M/Makie/Compat.toml
+++ b/M/Makie/Compat.toml
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 ["0-0.9.0"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0"
-AxisArrays = "0"
-ColorBrewer = "0"
-ColorTypes = "0"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.0.0 - 0.9"
+AxisArrays = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+ColorBrewer = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+ColorTypes = "0.0.0 - 0.10"
 ColorVectorSpace = "0-0.6"
-Colors = "0"
-Contour = "0"
+Colors = "0.0.0 - 0.12"
+Contour = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
 FixedPointNumbers = "0-0.5"
 FreeType = "1-2"
-FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.3-0"
+FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.3.0 - 0.8"
 GLFW = "2.2-2"
-GeometryTypes = "0.4.5-0"
-ImageAxes = "0"
+GeometryTypes = "0.4.5 - 0.8"
+ImageAxes = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
 ImageCore = "0-0.7"
-ImageTransformations = "0"
-IndirectArrays = "0"
-IntervalSets = "0"
+ImageTransformations = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+IndirectArrays = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+IntervalSets = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
 IterTools = "0-1"
 ModernGL = "0-1"
-PlotUtils = "0"
-Primes = "0"
-Reactive = "0.6-0"
-Showoff = "0"
-StaticArrays = "0.6.6-0"
-UnicodeFun = "0"
+PlotUtils = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+Primes = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+Reactive = "0.6.0 - 0.8"
+Showoff = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+StaticArrays = "0.6.6 - 0.12"
+UnicodeFun = "0.0.0 - 0.4"

 ["0-0.9.2"]
-QuartzImageIO = "0"
+QuartzImageIO = "0.0.0 - 0.7"

 ["0-0.9.3"]
 FileIO = "0-1"
-ImageMagick = "0"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 0.7"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

 ["0.10"]
@@ -45,24 +45,26 @@ StatsMakie = "0.2"
 AbstractPlotting = "0.11"

 ["0.9.1-0.9.2"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.2-0"
-GLMakie = "0.0.3-0"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.2 - 0.9"
+GLMakie = "0.0.3 - 0.0.18"

 ["0.9.3"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.5-0"
-GLMakie = "0.0.5-0"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.5 - 0.9"
+GLMakie = "0.0.5 - 0.0.18"

 ["0.9.4"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.8-*"
-GLMakie = "0.0.6-*"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.8 - 0.9"
+GLMakie = "0.0.6 - 0.0.18"
 julia = "1"

 ["0.9.4-0.9.5"]
-StatsMakie = "0.0.6-*"
+FileIO = "0.0.0 - 1"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 1"
+StatsMakie = "0.0.6 - 0.1"

 ["0.9.5"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.9-*"
-GLMakie = "0.0.7-*"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.9 - 0.9"
+GLMakie = "0.0.7 - 0.0.18"
 julia = "1.0.0-1"

 ["0.9.6-0"]
diff --git a/M/MakieGallery/Compat.toml b/M/MakieGallery/Compat.toml
index 7f204ac906..d202f985aa 100644
--- a/M/MakieGallery/Compat.toml
+++ b/M/MakieGallery/Compat.toml
@@ -1,50 +1,71 @@
 ["0-0.0.1"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0"
-GeometryTypes = "0.4.5-0"
-Makie = "0"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.0.0 - 0.9"
+GeometryTypes = "0.4.5 - 0.8"
+Makie = "0.0.0 - 0.11"

 ["0-0.0.7"]
-BinaryProvider = "0"
-ColorTypes = "0"
 ColorVectorSpace = "0-0.6"
-Colors = "0"
-DataFrames = "0"
-Documenter = "0"
+DataFrames = "0.0.0 - 0.21"
 FileIO = "0-1"
 FixedPointNumbers = "0-0.5"
-GDAL = "0"
+GDAL = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
 ImageCore = "0-0.7"
 ImageFiltering = "0-0.5"
-ImageMagick = "0"
-ImageTransformations = "0"
-MeshIO = "0"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 0.7"
+MeshIO = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
 ModernGL = "0-1"
-QuartzImageIO = "0"
-RDatasets = "0"
+QuartzImageIO = "0.0.0 - 0.7"
+RDatasets = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

-["0.0.2-0.0.7"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1-0"
-GeometryTypes = "0.7.2-0"
+["0-0.1.0"]
+BinaryProvider = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+ColorTypes = "0.0.0 - 0.9"
+Colors = "0.0.0 - 0.11"
+Documenter = "0.0.0 - 0.24"
+ImageTransformations = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+
+["0.0.2-0.0"]
+GeometryTypes = "0.7.2 - 0.8"
+
+["0.0.2-0.1.0"]
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1 - 0.9"

 ["0.0.3-0.0.7"]
-StatsMakie = "0"
+StatsMakie = "0.0.0 - 0.2"

-["0.0.4-0.0.7"]
-ZipFile = "0"
+["0.0.4-0.0"]
+ZipFile = "0.0.0 - 0.9"

 ["0.0.5-0.0.7"]
 ColorSchemes = "0-3"

 ["0.0.8-0.0"]
-GeometryTypes = "0.7.2-*"
-ImageCore = "0.7.0-*"
-StatsMakie = "0.0.6-*"
+ColorSchemes = "0.0.0 - 3"
+ColorVectorSpace = "0.0.0 - 0.8"
+DifferentialEquations = "0.0.0 - 6"
+Distributions = "0.0.0 - 0.23"
+ImageCore = "0.7.0 - 0.8"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 1"
+StatsMakie = "0.0.6 - 0.2"

 ["0.0.8-0.1.0"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1-*"
+FileIO = "0.0.0 - 1"
+FixedPointNumbers = "0.0.0 - 0.7"
+ImageFiltering = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+ModernGL = "0.0.0 - 1"
+OrdinaryDiffEq = "0.0.0 - 5"
+ParameterizedFunctions = "0.0.0 - 5"
 julia = "1.0.0-1"

+["0.0.9-0.1.0"]
+FFMPEG = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+
+["0.1.0"]
+Highlights = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+Observables = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+RDatasets = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+
 ["0.1.1"]
 AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1-0.9"

@@ -116,8 +137,8 @@ FixedPointNumbers = "0.6-0.8"
 HTTP = "0.8"
 ImageMagick = ["0.7", "1.1.0-1"]
 JSON = "0.21"
-KernelDensity = "0"
-MakieLayout = "0"
+KernelDensity = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+MakieLayout = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
 PlotUtils = "0.6"

 ["0.1.4-0"]
@@ -125,7 +146,7 @@ FFMPEG = "0.2-0.3"
 Observables = "0.3"

 ["0.1.4-0.1.7"]
-StatsMakie = "0"
+StatsMakie = "0.0.0 - 0.1"

 ["0.1.5-0.1.7"]
 GeometryTypes = "0.7-0.8"
diff --git a/M/MakieThemes/Compat.toml b/M/MakieThemes/Compat.toml
index dbb08e9b78..705858a6a7 100644
--- a/M/MakieThemes/Compat.toml
+++ b/M/MakieThemes/Compat.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [0]
-AbstractPlotting = "0"
-Colors = "0"
+AbstractPlotting = "0.0.0 - 0.11"
+Colors = "0.0.0 - 0.12"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]
diff --git a/P/PlotReferenceImages/Compat.toml b/P/PlotReferenceImages/Compat.toml
index ce6f90aa92..655bb39b43 100644
--- a/P/PlotReferenceImages/Compat.toml
+++ b/P/PlotReferenceImages/Compat.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 ["1.0"]
+DataFrames = "0.0.0 - 0.21"
+DataStructures = "0.0.0 - 0.17"
+Distributions = "0.0.0 - 0.23"
+FileIO = "0.0.0 - 1"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 1"
+ORCA = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+PGFPlots = "0.0.0 - 3"
+PlotlyJS = "0.0.0 - 0.13"
+Plots = "0.0.0 - 1"
+ProgressMeter = "0.0.0 - 1"
+PyPlot = "0.0.0 - 2"
+RDatasets = "0.0.0 - 0.6"
+Requires = "0.0.0 - 1"
+StatsBase = "0.0.0 - 0.33"
+StatsPlots = "0.0.0 - 0.14"
 julia = "1.0.0-1"

 ["1.1-1"]
diff --git a/P/PlotThemes/Compat.toml b/P/PlotThemes/Compat.toml
index 7cdb1a5b61..ab9f380d48 100644
--- a/P/PlotThemes/Compat.toml
+++ b/P/PlotThemes/Compat.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+[0]
+PlotUtils = "0.5.0 - 0.6"
+Requires = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+
 ["0-0.3"]
-PlotUtils = "0.5-0"
-Requires = "0"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

 ["0.4-0"]
-PlotUtils = "0.5.0-*"
 julia = ["0.7.0", "1"]

 [1]
diff --git a/P/PlotUtils/Compat.toml b/P/PlotUtils/Compat.toml
index cc84b35a2e..b89e80c418 100644
--- a/P/PlotUtils/Compat.toml
+++ b/P/PlotUtils/Compat.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
+[0]
+Colors = "0.0.0 - 0.12"
+Reexport = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+
 ["0-0.5"]
-Colors = "0"
-Reexport = "0"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

 ["0.6.0"]
 julia = ["0.7.0", "1"]

 ["0.6.1-0"]
-Colors = "0"
-Reexport = "0"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

 [1]
diff --git a/P/Plots/Compat.toml b/P/Plots/Compat.toml
index d9d13b6cea..f5291f8c15 100644
--- a/P/Plots/Compat.toml
+++ b/P/Plots/Compat.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ["0-0.12"]
-RecipesBase = "0.2-0"
+RecipesBase = "0.2.0 - 0.7"

 ["0-0.17"]
 julia = "0.6-1"
@@ -8,64 +8,69 @@ julia = "0.6-1"
 StaticArrays = "0.5-0.8"

 ["0-0.24"]
-Contour = "0"
 FixedPointNumbers = "0.3-0.5"
-JSON = "0"
-Measures = "0"
-NaNMath = "0"
-PlotThemes = "0.1.3-0"
-PlotUtils = "0.4-0"
-Reexport = "0"
-Requires = "0"
-Showoff = "0"
-StatsBase = "0.14-0"
+PlotUtils = "0.4.0 - 0.6"
+
+["0-0.27"]
+Contour = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+JSON = "0.0.0 - 0.21"
+Measures = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+NaNMath = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+PlotThemes = "0.1.3 - 0.4"
+Reexport = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+Requires = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+Showoff = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+StatsBase = "0.14.0 - 0.32"

 ["0.13-0.19"]
-RecipesBase = "0.2.3-0"
+RecipesBase = "0.2.3 - 0.7"

 ["0.17-0.20.1"]
-GR = "0.31-0"
+GR = "0.31.0 - 0.44"

 ["0.18-0.19"]
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

 ["0.20-0.24"]
-RecipesBase = "0.6-0"
 julia = "1"

+["0.20-0.27"]
+RecipesBase = "0.6.0 - 0.7"
+
 ["0.20.2-0.20"]
-GR = "0.34-0"
+GR = "0.34.0 - 0.44"

 ["0.21-0.22.3"]
-GR = "0.35-0"
+GR = "0.35.0 - 0.44"

 ["0.21-0.24"]
-StaticArrays = "0.5-0"
+StaticArrays = "0.5.0 - 0.12"

 ["0.22.4-0.23.0"]
-GR = "0.37-0"
+GR = "0.37.0 - 0.44"

 ["0.23.1-0.24"]
-GR = "0.38.1-0"
+GR = "0.38.1 - 0.44"

 ["0.25-0.26"]
-PlotUtils = "0.4.1-*"
+PlotUtils = "0.4.1 - 0.6"

 ["0.25-0.27"]
-FixedPointNumbers = "0.3.0-*"
-GR = "0.31.0-*"
-PlotThemes = "0.1.3-*"
-RecipesBase = "0.6.0-*"
-StatsBase = "0.14.0-*"
+FixedPointNumbers = "0.3.0 - 0.6"
+GR = "0.31.0 - 0.44"
+GeometryTypes = "0.0.0 - 0.7"

 ["0.25-0.27.0"]
 julia = "1.0.0-1"

+["0.26-0.27"]
+FFMPEG = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+
 ["0.27.0"]
 PlotUtils = "0.6.0"

 ["0.27.1-0.27"]
-PlotUtils = "0.6.1-*"
+PlotUtils = "0.6.1 - 0.6"
 julia = "1.0.0-*"

 ["0.28"]
diff --git a/S/StatsMakie/Compat.toml b/S/StatsMakie/Compat.toml
index 6d7c1bf7b9..ac3511b618 100644
--- a/S/StatsMakie/Compat.toml
+++ b/S/StatsMakie/Compat.toml
@@ -2,40 +2,44 @@
 julia = "1"

 ["0-0.0.1"]
-IndexedTables = "0"
+IndexedTables = "0.0.0 - 0.13"

 ["0-0.0.4"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1-0"
-Distributions = "0"
-FreqTables = "0.3.1-0"
-IntervalSets = "0"
-KernelDensity = "0"
-Loess = "0"
-NamedArrays = "0"
-Observables = "0"
-StatsBase = "0"
-Tables = "0"
+Distributions = "0.0.0 - 0.22"
+
+["0-0.0.5"]
+Tables = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+
+["0-0.0.6"]
+AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1 - 0.9"
+FreqTables = "0.3.1 - 0.3"
+IntervalSets = "0.0.0 - 0.3"
+KernelDensity = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+Loess = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+NamedArrays = "0.0.0 - 0.9"
+Observables = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+StatsBase = "0.0.0 - 0.32"

 ["0.0.2"]
-Widgets = "0"
+Widgets = "0.0.0 - 0.5"

 ["0.0.2-0.0.4"]
 FileIO = "0-1"
 OrderedCollections = "0-1"
-StructArrays = "0.2-0"

-["0.0.3-0.0.4"]
-Widgets = "0.5-0"
+["0.0.2-0.0.6"]
+StructArrays = "0.2.0 - 0.4"
+
+["0.0.3-0.0.6"]
+Widgets = "0.5.0 - 0.5"

 ["0.0.5-0.0.6"]
-AbstractPlotting = "0.9.1-*"
-Distributions = "0.15.0-*"
-FreqTables = "0.3.1-*"
-StructArrays = "0.2.0-*"
-Widgets = "0.5.0-*"
+Distributions = "0.15.0 - 0.22"
+FileIO = "0.0.0 - 1"
+OrderedCollections = "0.0.0 - 1"

 ["0.0.6"]
-Tables = "0.2.2-*"
+Tables = "0.2.2 - 0.2"

 ["0.0.7-0"]
 KernelDensity = "0.5"
diff --git a/S/StatsPlots/Compat.toml b/S/StatsPlots/Compat.toml
index 35405ee514..516bc5d9a3 100644
--- a/S/StatsPlots/Compat.toml
+++ b/S/StatsPlots/Compat.toml
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 ["0-0.10"]
-Clustering = "0"
-DataStructures = "0"
-DataValues = "0"
-Distributions = "0"
 IterableTables = "0.5-1"
-KernelDensity = "0"
-Observables = "0.2.2-0"
-Plots = "0.14-0"
-RecipesBase = "0.5-0"
-Reexport = "0"
-StatsBase = "0"
+Observables = "0.2.2 - 0.2"
+Plots = "0.14.0 - 0.25"
+RecipesBase = "0.5.0 - 0.6"
 TableTraits = "0-1"
 TableTraitsUtils = "0.1-1"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

 ["0-0.10.1"]
-Widgets = "0.4-0"
+Widgets = "0.4.0 - 0.6"
+
+["0-0.12"]
+Clustering = "0.0.0 - 0.13"
+DataStructures = "0.0.0 - 0.17"
+DataValues = "0.0.0 - 0.4"
+Distributions = "0.0.0 - 0.21"
+KernelDensity = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
+Reexport = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+StatsBase = "0.0.0 - 0.32"

 ["0.10.2-0.10"]
-Widgets = "0.5-0"
+Widgets = "0.5.0 - 0.6"

 ["0.11"]
 Observables = "0.2.2-0.2"
@@ -27,11 +29,15 @@ RecipesBase = "0.5-0.6"
 Widgets = "0.5-0.6"
 julia = "1"

+["0.11-0.12"]
+Tables = "0.0.0 - 0.2"
+
 ["0.12"]
-Observables = "0.2.2-*"
-Plots = "0.25.0-*"
-RecipesBase = "0.6.0-*"
-Widgets = "0.5.0-*"
+Interpolations = "0.0.0 - 0.12"
+Observables = "0.2.2 - 0.2"
+Plots = "0.25.0 - 0.28"
+RecipesBase = "0.6.0 - 0.7"
+Widgets = "0.5.0 - 0.6"
 julia = "1.0.0-1"

 ["0.13"]
diff --git a/V/VisualRegressionTests/Compat.toml b/V/VisualRegressionTests/Compat.toml
index 19d3ada3ff..0f5fe47f36 100644
--- a/V/VisualRegressionTests/Compat.toml
+++ b/V/VisualRegressionTests/Compat.toml
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 ["0-0.3.0"]
-ColorTypes = "0.7.4-0"
 ColorVectorSpace = "0.6.1-0.6"
 FileIO = "1.0.1-1"
 ImageFiltering = "0.4.1-0.5"
-ImageMagick = "0"
-QuartzImageIO = "0"
-Requires = "0"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 0.7"
+Requires = "0.0.0 - 0.5"
 julia = ["0.7", "1"]

+["0-0.3.1"]
+ColorTypes = "0.7.4 - 0.9"
+QuartzImageIO = "0.0.0 - 0.7"
+
 ["0.3.1"]
-ColorTypes = "0.7.4-*"
-ColorVectorSpace = "0.6.1-*"
-FileIO = "1.0.1-*"
-ImageFiltering = "0.4.1-*"
+ColorVectorSpace = "0.6.1 - 0.8"
+FileIO = "1.0.1 - 1"
+ImageFiltering = "0.4.1 - 0.6"
+ImageMagick = "0.0.0 - 1"
+Requires = "0.0.0 - 1"

 ["0.3.1-0"]
 julia = "1"

[BioTurboNick]

It might be worth considering RetroCap? I ran it on JuliaPlots and got the diff below. The risk, of course, is that some people will suddenly get Pkg errors when they didn't formerly.

Oh it's not an issue with compat in JuliaPlots, if I'm understanding you. My own package had a compat entry to keep with good practice, but because it was a 0.xx version, it wouldn't upgrade and also provided no notice that a new version was available.