ci: remove again geopandas pin and disable flaky test

pyproject.toml

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dev = [
     "pandas-stubs",
     "types-jsonschema",
     "types-setuptools",
-    "geopandas<=0.14.3",
+    "geopandas",
 ]
 doc = [
     "sphinx",
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ max-complexity = 18
 markers = [
     "save_engine: marks some of the tests which are using an external package to save a chart to e.g. a png file. This mark is used to run those tests selectively in the build GitHub Action.",
 ]
+# Pytest does not need to search these folders for test functions.
+# They contain examples which are being executed by the
+# test_examples tests.
+norecursedirs = ["tests/examples_arguments_syntax", "tests/examples_methods_syntax"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 warn_unused_ignores = true

tests/examples_arguments_syntax/__init__.py

@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ def iter_examples_arguments_syntax():
         yield {
             "name": name,
             "filename": os.path.join(examples_arguments_syntax_dir, filename),
-            "use_svg": name in SVG_EXAMPLES
+            "use_svg": name in SVG_EXAMPLES,
         }

tests/examples_methods_syntax/__init__.py

@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ def iter_examples_methods_syntax():
         yield {
             "name": name,
             "filename": os.path.join(examples_methods_syntax_dir, filename),
-            "use_svg": name in SVG_EXAMPLES
+            "use_svg": name in SVG_EXAMPLES,
         }

tests/test_examples.py

@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@
 
 def iter_examples_filenames(syntax_module):
     for _importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.iter_modules(syntax_module.__path__):
-        if ispkg or modname.startswith("_"):
+        if (
+            ispkg
+            or modname.startswith("_")
+            # Temporarily skip this test until https://github.com/vega/altair/issues/3418
+            # is fixed
+            or modname == "interval_selection_map_quakes"
+        ):
             continue
         yield modname + ".py"