matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #3096 by pstjohn (2014-05-30 23:57:50+00:00)
Title: Axes labelpad rc

A small change to allow the axis.labelpad parameter to be set via the matplotlibrc file, rather than hard-coded into the source code.

Useful (for me at least) when you change the default size of the figure substantially and the labelpad parameter doesn't scale appropriately. Would likely go unnoticed by the majority of users.