Upgrade validation methods #1495

Job	Run time
conda-linux-gallery-python3.12-ros3	1m 36s
linux-gallery-python3.8-minimum	2m 20s
linux-gallery-python3.12-upgraded	3m 7s
windows-gallery-python3.8-minimum	3m 6s
conda-linux-python3.12-ros3	1m 38s
windows-gallery-python3.12-upgraded	5m 0s
linux-python3.8-minimum	3m 28s
conda-linux-python3.8-minimum	3m 22s
linux-python3.12-upgraded	3m 16s
conda-linux-python3.12-upgraded	2m 55s
windows-python3.8-minimum	3m 58s
windows-python3.12-upgraded	3m 42s
macos-python3.8-minimum	5m 57s
Deploy pre-release from dev	0s
	43m 25s

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