Update markdown requirement from >=3.4 to >=3.11 in /skills/qa-standards/scripts

[dependabot]

Updates the requirements on markdown to permit the latest version.

Changelog

Sourced from markdown's changelog.

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title: Changelog toc_depth: 2

Python-Markdown Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to the Python Version Specification. See the Contributing Guide for details.

[3.11.1] - 2026-10-13

Fixed

• Update serializer to be non-recursive (#1644).
• Improve ancestor handling in the inline Treeprocessor (#1646).
• Keep a raw HTML comment inside an inline HTML element that closes in the same paragraph, instead of splitting the paragraph around it (#1643).
• Fix issue where inline HTML attributes were rejected if they had < or > in the attribute (#1647).
• Fix issue where an unterminated end tag (</foo) could cause all remaining content to be dropped (#1651).
• Complete rework of emphasis handling to improve nested emphasis handling better (#1632).

[3.11.0] - 2026-09-25

Changed

• Inline processors now resume searching after the previous match, improving performance for repeated inline patterns (#1619).
• Officially support Python 3.15 and drop support for Python 3.10
• Walk backtick runs in BacktickInlineProcessor without a regex (#1620).
• Switch static site generator for documentation from MkDocs to Zensical (#1627, #1635, #1637, and #1638).

Fixed

• Ensure removing Abbreviations does not raise an error (#1634).
• Fix an issue with excessive backtracking when matching inline code blocks (#1617).
• md_in_html now honors tags added to Markdown.block_level_elements after the extension is loaded (#1246).
• Fix quadratic-time regex backtracking in ReferenceProcessor when a link reference definition has no URL, e.g. a line consisting only of [id]: followed by many trailing spaces (#798).
• Document attr_list usage for def_list (#1123).

[3.10.3] - 2026-07-30

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Commits

• 0ffbf00 Bump version to 3.11.0
• 547a934 Show adminitions as rendered examples in contrbuting guide
• 571f050 Cleanup archived changelog
• a5176b0 Ensure py-render codeblock title in properly escaped.
• 819fff9 Document the use of attr_list with def_list.
• 36cdbd3 Final cleanup for Zensical transition
• 8a96db5 Add py-render custom code block formater
• 5d1363c Fix quadratic-time backtracking when a reference link has no URL
• 0d6afd1 Add Markdown renderer as superfences formatter
• 175fb5a Ensure removing Abbreviations does not raise an error.
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Closing: this file states the oldest version the scripts support, and the current range already allows the new release. Dependabot is now set to raise a floor only when a release no longer fits the range.

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