added logo to readme and changed contrib link to contribute page

updated project urls + longdescription to readme
composed images from front page into one image for readme

Updated readme for PyPa:
* Updated language to match copy on https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/
* Added logo + front page images
* removed link to developer notes since ended up not using that
* removed link to gitwash generated docs since they're not very good
* used python -mpytest language since it's more robust
* updated testing link and shortened to one option
* moved contact down 'cause on pypa that information is in the sidebar & for other folks reading the readme they're probably looking for contributions
Co-Authored-By: Thomas A Caswell <tcaswell@gmail.com>

updated classifiers+ changed discourse to forum

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-Please refer to the [Coding
-Guidelines](http://matplotlib.org/devel/coding_guide.html).
+Please refer to the [developers guide](https://matplotlib.org/devel/index.html).

README.rst

@@ -40,46 +40,45 @@
 .. |NUMFocus| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/powered%20by-NumFOCUS-orange.svg?style=flat&colorA=E1523D&colorB=007D8A
 .. _NUMFocus: http://www.numfocus.org
 
+.. image:: doc/_static/logo2.png
 
-##########
-Matplotlib
-##########
+Matplotlib is a comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python. 
 
-Matplotlib is a Python 2D plotting library which produces publication-quality
-figures in a variety of hardcopy formats and interactive environments across
-platforms. Matplotlib can be used in Python scripts, the Python and IPython
-shell (à la MATLAB or Mathematica), web application servers, and various
-graphical user interface toolkits.
+Check out our `home page <http://matplotlib.org/>`_ for more information. 
+
+.. image:: doc/_static/readme_preview.png
 
-NOTE: The current master branch is now Python 3 only.  Python 2 support is
-being dropped.
+Matplotlib produces publication-quality figures in a variety of hardcopy formats
+and interactive environments across platforms. Matplotlib can be used in Python scripts, 
+the Python and IPython shell, web application servers, and various
+graphical user interface toolkits.
 
-`Home page <http://matplotlib.org/>`_
+**Note:** The master branch is Python 3 only.  Python 2 support has been dropped.
 
 Install
 =======
 
-For installation instructions and requirements, see the INSTALL.rst file or the
-`install <http://matplotlib.org/users/installing.html>`_ documentation. If you
-think you may want to contribute to matplotlib, check out the `guide to
-working with the source code
-<http://matplotlib.org/devel/gitwash/index.html>`_.
+For installation instructions and requirements, see `INSTALL.rst <INSTALL.rst>`_  or the
+`install <http://matplotlib.org/users/installing.html>`_ documentation. 
 
 Test
 ====
 
-After installation, you can launch the test suite::
+After installation, launch the test suite::
 
-  pytest
+  python -mpytest
+
+Read the `testing guide <https://matplotlib.org/devel/testing.html>`_ for more information and alternatives.  
+
+Contribute
+==========
+You've discovered a bug or something else you want to change - excellent!
 
-Or from the Python interpreter::
+You've worked out a way to fix it – even better!
 
-  import matplotlib
-  matplotlib.test()
+You want to tell us about it – best of all!
 
-Consider reading http://matplotlib.org/devel/coding_guide.html#testing for more
-information. Note that the test suite requires pytest. Please install with pip
-or your package manager of choice.
+Start at the `contributing guide <http://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/contributing.html>`_!
 
 Contact
 =======
@@ -91,24 +90,13 @@ Our active mailing lists (which are mirrored on Discourse) are:
 * `Announcement  <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/matplotlib-announce>`_ mailing list: matplotlib-announce@python.org
 * `Development <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/matplotlib-devel>`_ mailing list: matplotlib-devel@python.org
 
-
 Gitter_ is for coordinating development and asking questions directly related
 to contributing to matplotlib.
 
-Contribute
-==========
-You've discovered a bug or something else you want to change - excellent!
-
-You've worked out a way to fix it – even better!
-
-You want to tell us about it – best of all!
-
-Start at the `contributing guide <http://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/contributing.html>`_!
-
-Developer notes are now at `Developer Discussions <https://github.com/orgs/matplotlib/teams/developers/discussions>`_ (Note: For technical reasons, this is currently only accessible for matplotlib developers.)
 
 Citing Matplotlib
 =================
 If Matplotlib contributes to a project that leads to publication, please
 acknowledge this by citing Matplotlib.
+
 `A ready-made citation entry <https://matplotlib.org/citing.html>`_ is available.

setup.py

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 classifiers = [
     'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
     'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+    'Intended Audience :: Education',
     'License :: OSI Approved :: Python Software Foundation License',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
@@ -221,6 +222,10 @@ def run(self):
         with open('lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc', 'w') as fd:
             fd.write(''.join(template_lines))
 
+        # Use Readme as long description
+        with open('README.rst') as fd:
+            long_description = fd.read()
+
     # Finally, pass this all along to distutils to do the heavy lifting.
     setup(
         name="matplotlib",
@@ -231,16 +236,14 @@ def run(self):
         url="https://matplotlib.org",
         download_url="https://matplotlib.org/users/installing.html",
         project_urls={
+            'Documentation': 'https://matplotlib.org',
+            'Source Code': 'https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib',
             'Bug Tracker': 'https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues',
-            'Documentation': 'https://matplotlib.org/contents.html',
-            'Source Code': 'https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib'
+            'Forum': 'https://discourse.matplotlib.org/',
+            'Donate': 'https://numfocus.org/donate-to-matplotlib'
         },
-        long_description="""
-        Matplotlib strives to produce publication quality 2D graphics
-        for interactive graphing, scientific publishing, user interface
-        development and web application servers targeting multiple user
-        interfaces and hardcopy output formats.
-        """,
+        long_description=long_description,
+        long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
         license="PSF",
         platforms="any",
         package_dir={"": "lib"},