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diff --git a/matplotlib-2.2.2.tar.gz b/matplotlib-2.2.2.tar.gz
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diff --git a/python-matplotlib.changes b/python-matplotlib.changes
index 3e62459..3d4bbb8 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.changes
+++ b/python-matplotlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,51 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar 17 19:29:36 UTC 2018 - arun@gmx.de
+
+- update to version 2.2.2:
+  * v2.2.1 did not actually restore matplotlib.verbose.
+
+- changes from version 2.2.1:
+  * This release fixes a number of critical bugs:
+    + restores matplotlib.verbose (fixing embedding in pycharm)
+    + preserve precision when color mapping small portions of data
+      with extreme outliers
+    + fixes saving long movies with ffmpeg
+    + fixes UnbourdLocal error in contour labeling
+    + fixes import failure on python 3.4.0 and 3.4.1
+    + fixes compile time failures with clang on 32bit platforms
+    + fixes an icon in the Tk backends
+    + fixes several issues with Tables
+    + fixes expanding offset boxes with tight_layout
+    + revert changes to the font caching to avoid a possible bug in
+      backports.lru_cache
+    + numerous docstring and documentation fixes
+  * We have reverted the deprecation of `font_manager.TempCache`.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar  8 04:49:03 UTC 2018 - arun@gmx.de
+
+- specfile:
+  * require kiwisolver
+  * update required version for dateutil
+
+- update to version 2.2.0:
+  * The first release of the v2.2 LTS series and the last version of
+    Matplotlib to support python2.  There will be bug-fix release for
+    this series until 2020.
+  * This release includes new features including:
+    + An experimental constrained layout manager
+    + Color blind friendly color map (cividis) and color cycle
+      (tableau-colorblind10)
+    + native support for numpy.datetime64 types
+    + animated gif writing via pillow
+    + TkAgg now works with pypy
+    + cairo based backends for Qt, Tk, and WX
+  * There are several API changes in this release:
+    + To support the constrained layout Matplotlib has a new required
+      dependency (kiwisolver).
+    + The `matplotlib.finance` module has been removed, development
+      has moved to a stand-alone project.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 30 10:30:10 UTC 2018 - rolf@rotkraut.de
 
diff --git a/python-matplotlib.spec b/python-matplotlib.spec
index 7298bda..56f2762 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.spec
+++ b/python-matplotlib.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define oldpython python
 Name:           python-matplotlib
-Version:        2.1.2
+Version:        2.2.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Plotting Library for Python
 License:        SUSE-Matplotlib
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-subprocess32
 # Needed for all versions of python
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cycler >= 0.10}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module kiwisolver}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy >= 1.7.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy-devel >= 1.7.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pyparsing > 2.1.6}
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module six >= 1.10}
 %if %{with tests}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-dateutil >= 1.1}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-dateutil >= 2.1}
 BuildRequires:  inkscape
 # latex dependencies
 BuildRequires:  ghostscript
@@ -95,9 +96,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(tcl)
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module tornado}
 # End of backend dependencies
 Requires:       python-Cycler >= 0.10
+Requires:       python-kiwisolver >= 1.0.1
 Requires:       python-numpy >= 1.7.1
 Requires:       python-pyparsing > 2.1.6
-Requires:       python-python-dateutil >= 1.1
+Requires:       python-python-dateutil >= 2.1
 Requires:       python-pytz
 Requires:       python-six >= 1.10
 %ifpython2