DOC: Coalesce API development changes for 3.11

Author: QuLogic

doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/29904-tac.rst

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+API Changes for 3.11.0
+======================
+
+.. contents::
+   :local:
+   :depth: 1
+
+.. include:: /api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.10.0/development.rst

doc/api/next_api_changes/development/29181-ES.rst

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+Increase to minimum supported versions of dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For Matplotlib 3.11, the :ref:`minimum supported versions <dependencies>` are being
+bumped:
+
++------------+-----------------+----------------+
+| Dependency |  min in mpl3.10 | min in mpl3.11 |
++============+=================+================+
+|   Python   |       3.10      |      3.11      |
+|   NumPy    |       1.23      |      1.25      |
+| pyparsing  |      2.3.1      |     3.0.0      |
++------------+-----------------+----------------+
+
+This is consistent with our :ref:`min_deps_policy` and `SPEC0
+<https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/>`__
+
+pip 25.1 suggested for development
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Dependencies for development (build and testing) are now specified as `Dependency Groups
+<https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/dependency-groups/#dependency-groups>`_
+instead of `individual requirements files
+<https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/requirements-file-format/>`_.
+
+Consequently, a version of pip that supports Dependency Groups is suggested, namely
+version 25.1 or higher. Note that if you install build/testing dependencies manually (by
+copying the list from ``pyproject.toml``), then an older version of pip is sufficient.
+
+Glyph indices now typed distinctly from character codes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Previously, character codes and glyph indices were both typed as `int`, which means you
+could mix and match them erroneously. While the character code can't be made a distinct
+type (because it's used for `chr`/`ord`), typing glyph indices as a distinct type means
+these can't be fully swapped.

doc/api/next_api_changes/development/29745-DS.rst

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 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
 
+    ../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.11.0.rst
     github_stats.rst
 
 Version 3.10