Merge pull request matplotlib#25154 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-25151-on-v3.7.x

Backport PR matplotlib#25151 on branch v3.7.x (Increase timeout to GitHub API)

Author: ksunden

examples/lines_bars_and_markers/timeline.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
     url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/releases'
     url += '?per_page=100'
-    data = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=.4).read().decode())
+    data = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=1).read().decode())
 
     dates = []
     names = []