Create fully pinned requirements file for bug-fix branches

@tacaswell

I spent some time yesterday and today trying to get tests to run on old versions of Matplotlib which....was harder than I wished it would be. We may want to have one very pinned requirements file (possible managed by one of the auto-bump services 😞 or tools) that we rename to fully-pinned-v3.6.x.txt on branching. We can then use that (exclusively) for tests on the backport branch which should hopefully reduce the amount of dep-only backports we have to do (and provide a useful reference for anyone who wants to get old versions testing again).

Originally posted by @tacaswell in #22574 (comment)

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The work here is

generate a proposed fully pinned version of our (maybe transient) dependencies
set up one of our jobs on the main branch to use it (maybe?)
on backport make all of the jobs in the bug-fix branch use it

I think this is a good first issue because it requires not special knowledge of Matplotlib, but does require knowledge of packaging and CI (so medium difficulty)

other references: https://zenodo.org/record/6946666 , https://peps.python.org/pep-0665/ , https://github.com/brettcannon/pip-secure-install (maybe we want to use this action?)

Interested in working on #23548. Could you please guide me on how to get started with it?

Yes, I meant the exclude-newer options. I should probably learn to be more verbose!

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Create fully pinned requirements file for testing (Issue matplotlib#2…

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@tacaswell
Hi! Does this issue needs any improvement or it is closed now?
if it needs improvement please assign it to me.

Hi all - we do not assign issues, so if the issue is open and does not already have an open PR associated with it, it is generally available for contribution. However, please try to coordinate if others have expressed interest in working on the issue recently, so you are not duplicating effort. If you have questions about the best approach for a solution, feel free to post an outline here so we can help.

Hi, I am a new contributor and would like to work on this issue.
Could you please assign it to me?

Hello, I am new to contributing to Matplotlib and exploring beginner issues. I would like to work on this issue if it is still available.

@tacaswell

Hi, @tacaswell i would like to contribute on this issue,if you could assign it to me it would be great...
For fixing the bug i think i have to read the docstring first...

Doc: Clarify set_adjustable behavior for issue matplotlib#23548

Hi, I’d like to work on this issue. Is it still available?

Add pinned requirements file for bug-fix branches

@kshitiz19deshwal

Hi @kshitiz19deshwal , please check the (now) pinned comment:

Hi all - we do not assign issues, so if the issue is open and does not already have an open PR associated with it, it is generally available for contribution. However, please try to coordinate if others have expressed interest in working on the issue recently, so you are not duplicating effort. If you have questions about the best approach for a solution, feel free to post an outline here so we can help.

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