Merge branch 'v2.9' #3037

Job	Run time
codecheck / codecheck	43m 47s
mac / macports (macos-12)	25m 9s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	11m 44s
mac / macports (macos-14)	10m 51s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	10m 45s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	5m 3s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	30m 46s
conda / conda (macos-12)	21m 21s
docker / docker (fedora39)	19m 54s
conda / conda (macos-14)	6m 44s
docker / docker (rocky8)	24m 31s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	40m 23s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	50m 52s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 0m 28s
linux / linux (-debug-)	30m 8s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	41m 1s
linux / linux (-intel-)	45m 7s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	22m 1s
	8h 20m 35s

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