build: Optimize CI Pipeline Code

[allgandalf]

Description

Referencing to the issue #3194, this PR aims to reduce the code duplication by setting the check command variables as Matrix variables.

Motivation and Context

After the first CI optimization PR, there was a little discussion by @infotroph that we cloud use matrix variables to reduce the code duplication which occurs in the current code.

Review Time Estimate

• [ ] Immediately
• [ ] Within one week
• [x] When possible

Types of changes

• [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• [x] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)

Checklist:

• [ ] My change requires a change to the documentation.
• [ ] My name is in the list of CITATION.cff
• [ ] I have updated the CHANGELOG.md.
• [ ] I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• [x] I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• [ ] I have added tests to cover my changes.
• [x] All new and existing tests passed.

This PR resolves #3194

[infotroph]

I think the "expected" tests are ones that are removed in this PR -- I believe a repo admin will need to go into GitHub's branch protection settings and remove those from the list of required tests.

[allgandalf]

yes, this was done with my last PR for the CI workflow as well 😁, feeling a little guilty over here :sweat_smile:

[infotroph]

@mdietze I vote we merge this before any futher changes to CI versions (e.g. #3234) , so that we don't have to change numbers in as many places.

[allgandalf]

With this PR, we also need to disable the Required checks for check_base (4.1) , check_models (4.1) , check_modules (4.1) as they are renamed in this PR, repo admin should be able to do this .