Merge branch 'v2.9' #3074

Job	Run time
codecheck / codecheck	43m 53s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	11m 7s
docker / docker (fedora39)	19m 22s
conda / conda (macos-12)	23m 27s
docker / docker (rocky8)	22m 42s
conda / conda (macos-14)	6m 40s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	40m 17s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	55m 19s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 1m 59s
mac / macports (macos-12)	17m 12s
linux / linux (-debug-)	30m 26s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	12m 11s
mac / macports (macos-14)	2m 38s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	41m 29s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	6m 26s
linux / linux (-intel-)	43m 46s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	29m 21s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	17m 4s
	8h 5m 19s

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