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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[MNT]: CI: cleanup: remove stale/outdated version range restrictions","articleBody":"### Summary\n\nA large portion of our GitHub Actions CI `tests.yml` workflow matrix is composed of version range restrictions for Python packages:\n\nhttps://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/7d5d0278fb5296a368a1ef910e67a8fa9a1f2fb8/.github/workflows/tests.yml#L48-L108\n\nI think that most of these can now safely be removed.\n\nIn practice, three variables are currently declared in the workflow file:\n\n```sh\n$ grep ' .*-ver: ' .github/workflows/tests.yml | sort | uniq\n            pygobject-ver: '\u003c3.52.0'\n            pyqt6-ver: '!=6.6.0'\n            pyside6-ver: '!=6.5.1'\n```\n\n### Proposed fix\n\nRemove the version pin variables and template evaluation for:\n\n  * `pyside2-ver`\n  * `pyqt6-ver`\n  * `pyside6-ver`","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jayaddison","@type":"Person","name":"jayaddison"},"datePublished":"2025-04-01T10:14:08.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/29845/matplotlib/issues/29845"}