Check sample weight equivalence on sparse data (#30137)

Co-authored-by: Olivier Grisel <[email protected]>

Author: 2 people

doc/whats_new/upcoming_changes/sklearn.utils/29818.api.rst

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-- :func:`check_estimators.check_sample_weights_invariance` replaced by
-  :func:`check_estimators.check_sample_weight_equivalence` which uses
-  integer (including zero) weights.
+- `utils.estimator_checks.check_sample_weights_invariance`
+  replaced by
+  `utils.estimator_checks.check_sample_weight_equivalence_on_dense_data`
+  which uses integer (including zero) weights and
+  `utils.estimator_checks.check_sample_weight_equivalence_on_sparse_data`
+  which does the same on sparse data.
   By :user:`Antoine Baker <antoinebaker>`

doc/whats_new/upcoming_changes/sklearn.utils/30137.api.rst

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+- `utils.estimator_checks.check_sample_weights_invariance`
+  replaced by
+  `utils.estimator_checks.check_sample_weight_equivalence_on_dense_data`
+  which uses integer (including zero) weights and
+  `utils.estimator_checks.check_sample_weight_equivalence_on_sparse_data`
+  which does the same on sparse data.
+  By :user:`Antoine Baker <antoinebaker>`