Merge branch 'v2.9' #2992

Job	Run time
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	11m 12s
codecheck / codecheck	44m 31s
conda / conda (macos-12)	16m 33s
docker / docker (fedora39)	21m 7s
conda / conda (macos-14)	9m 14s
docker / docker (rocky8)	23m 14s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	38m 20s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	50m 0s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	9m 8s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 1m 41s
mac / macports (macos-12)	20m 45s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	5m 1s
mac / macports (macos-14)	8m 45s
linux / linux (-debug-)	29m 5s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	24m 32s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	40m 3s
linux / linux (-intel-)	45m 3s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	19m 34s
	7h 57m 48s

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