Remove the deprecated load_hotspots function (deprecated since v0.6.0)

doc/api/index.rst

@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ Use :func:`pygmt.datasets.load_sample_data` instead.
     :toctree: generated
 
     datasets.load_fractures_compilation
-    datasets.load_hotspots
     datasets.load_japan_quakes
     datasets.load_mars_shape
     datasets.load_ocean_ridge_points

pygmt/datasets/__init__.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from pygmt.datasets.samples import (
     list_sample_data,
     load_fractures_compilation,
-    load_hotspots,
     load_japan_quakes,
     load_mars_shape,
     load_ocean_ridge_points,

pygmt/datasets/samples.py

@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ def load_sample_data(name):
     load_func_old = {
         "bathymetry": load_sample_bathymetry,
         "fractures": load_fractures_compilation,
-        "hotspots": load_hotspots,
         "japan_quakes": load_japan_quakes,
         "mars_shape": load_mars_shape,
         "ocean_ridge_points": load_ocean_ridge_points,
@@ -83,6 +82,7 @@ def load_sample_data(name):
     load_func = {
         "rock_compositions": _load_rock_sample_compositions,
         "earth_relief_holes": _load_earth_relief_holes,
+        "hotspots": _load_hotspots,
         "maunaloa_co2": _load_maunaloa_co2,
         "notre_dame_topography": _load_notre_dame_topography,
     }
@@ -285,23 +285,10 @@ def load_fractures_compilation(**kwargs):
     return data[["length", "azimuth"]]
 
 
-def load_hotspots(**kwargs):
+def _load_hotspots():
     """
-    (Deprecated) Load a table with the locations, names, and suggested symbol
-    sizes of hotspots.
-
-    .. warning:: Deprecated since v0.6.0. This function has been replaced with
-       ``load_sample_data(name="hotspots")`` and will be removed in
-       v0.9.0.
-
-    This is the ``@hotspots.txt`` dataset used in the GMT tutorials, with data
-    from Mueller, Royer, and Lawver, 1993, Geology, vol. 21, pp. 275-278. The
-    main 5 hotspots used by Doubrovine et al. [2012] have symbol sizes twice
-    the size of all other hotspots.
-
-    The data are downloaded to a cache directory (usually ``~/.gmt/cache``) the
-    first time you invoke this function. Afterwards, it will load the data from
-    the cache. So you'll need an internet connection the first time around.
+    Load a table with the locations, names, and suggested symbol sizes of
+    hotspots as a pandas.DataFrame.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -310,14 +297,6 @@ def load_hotspots(**kwargs):
         "placename".
     """
 
-    if "suppress_warning" not in kwargs:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "This function has been deprecated since v0.6.0 and will be "
-            "removed in v0.9.0. Please use "
-            "load_sample_data(name='hotspots') instead.",
-            category=FutureWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
     fname = which("@hotspots.txt", download="c")
     columns = ["longitude", "latitude", "symbol_size", "place_name"]
     data = pd.read_table(filepath_or_buffer=fname, sep="\t", skiprows=3, names=columns)

pygmt/tests/test_datasets_samples.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import pytest
 from pygmt.datasets import (
     load_fractures_compilation,
-    load_hotspots,
     load_japan_quakes,
     load_mars_shape,
     load_ocean_ridge_points,
@@ -129,9 +128,7 @@ def test_hotspots():
     """
     Check that the @hotspots.txt dataset loads without errors.
     """
-    with pytest.warns(expected_warning=FutureWarning) as record:
-        data = load_hotspots()
-        assert len(record) == 1
+    data = load_sample_data(name="hotspots")
     assert data.shape == (55, 4)
     assert list(data.columns) == [
         "longitude",