assume python 3.11 is enough to give us pandas 3

Author: rok

.github/workflows/docs_light.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ env:
   ARCHERY_DEBUG: 1
   ARROW_ENABLE_TIMING_TESTS: OFF
   DOCKER_VOLUME_PREFIX: ".docker/"
-  PANDAS: "latest"
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -70,4 +69,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           ARCHERY_DOCKER_USER: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USER }}
           ARCHERY_DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: archery docker run --no-cache conda-python-docs
+        run: archery docker run conda-python-docs

ci/conda_env_sphinx.txt

@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ sphinxcontrib-jquery
 sphinxcontrib-mermaid
 sphinx
 pytest-cython
+pandas

ci/scripts/install_pandas.sh

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if [ "${pandas}" = "upstream_devel" ]; then
 elif [ "${pandas}" = "nightly" ]; then
   pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple --pre pandas
 elif [ "${pandas}" = "latest" ]; then
-  pip install 'pandas>=3'
+  pip install pandas
 else
   pip install pandas=="${pandas}"
 fi