[backport 2.3.x] CI: remove usage of legacy NPY_PROMOTION_STATE (#60144) (#60153)

CI: remove usage of legacy NPY_PROMOTION_STATE (#60144)

(cherry picked from commit 4bbb3ce)

Author: jorisvandenbossche

.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml

@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ jobs:
       TEST_ARGS: ${{ matrix.test_args || '' }}
       PYTEST_WORKERS: ${{ matrix.pytest_workers || 'auto' }}
       PYTEST_TARGET: ${{ matrix.pytest_target || 'pandas' }}
-      NPY_PROMOTION_STATE: ${{ matrix.env_file == 'actions-311-numpydev.yaml' && 'weak' || 'legacy' }}
       # Clipboard tests
       QT_QPA_PLATFORM: offscreen
       REMOVE_PYARROW: ${{ matrix.name == 'Future infer strings (without pyarrow)' && '1' || '0' }}

ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # required dependencies
   - python-dateutil
-  - numpy<2
+  - numpy
   # pytz 2024.2 timezones cause wrong results
   - pytz<2024.2
   - pip