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Replace some autogenerated Stable ABI notes with manual ones

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Description

Documentation

We generate Stable ABI notes automatically. This works well in most cases.
But in compact lists/tables of many similar definitions, the notes get repetitive, and take up too much vertical space:

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Let's skip the generated notes in this case, and manually add a common note before the table:

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Linked PRs
  • gh-156871
  • gh-156875

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Review the Stable ABI note generation described in the issue and compare the compact tables shown in its examples. The issue names no files or tests; use linked PRs gh-156871 and gh-156875 to identify the affected documentation and confirm that repetitive generated notes are replaced by a shared manual note.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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