Backport PR #60718 on branch 2.3.x (DOC: Whatsnew for sorting mode re… #21537

Job	Run time
Linux-32-bit	19m 57s
Linux-Musl	21m 56s
python-dev (macOS-13)	35m 21s
python-dev (macOS-14)	14m 32s
python-dev (ubuntu-22.04)	24m 24s
macos-13 actions-310.yaml	31m 53s
python-dev (windows-latest)	26m 30s
macos-13 actions-311.yaml	39m 31s
macos-13 actions-39.yaml	51m 34s
macos-13 actions-312.yaml	41m 24s
macos-14 actions-310.yaml	19m 18s
macos-14 actions-311.yaml	23m 27s
macos-14 actions-312.yaml	27m 25s
macos-14 actions-39.yaml	30m 24s
windows-latest actions-311.yaml	40m 44s
windows-latest actions-312.yaml	46m 34s
windows-latest actions-310.yaml	41m 37s
windows-latest actions-39.yaml	36m 19s
ubuntu-latest actions-310.yaml	55m 15s
Copy-on-Write 3.10 (warnings)	28m 4s
Copy-on-Write 3.10	28m 22s
ubuntu-latest actions-311.yaml	49m 48s
Future infer strings (without pyarrow)	46m 50s
Locale: zh_CN	27m 31s
Copy-on-Write 3.11	27m 32s
Copy-on-Write 3.11 (warnings)	28m 27s
Locale: it_IT	27m 22s
Downstream Compat	6m 1s
Numpy Dev	27m 9s
Pyarrow Nightly	24m 41s
ubuntu-latest actions-312.yaml	37m 59s
Future infer strings	39m 21s
Copy-on-Write 3.12	34m 53s
ubuntu-latest actions-39.yaml	50m 12s
Copy-on-Write 3.9 (warnings)	28m 58s
Copy-on-Write 3.9	29m 6s
Minimum Versions	29m 32s
Pypy	7m 58s
	20h 7m 51s

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