Merge V2.9 into v2.10 #3106

Job	Run time
docker / docker (fedora39)	20m 0s
codecheck / codecheck	44m 3s
docker / docker (rocky8)	22m 33s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	38m 40s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	48m 50s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	11m 11s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 0m 49s
mac / macports (macos-12)	15m 15s
linux / linux (-debug-)	28m 22s
conda / conda (macos-12)	6m 36s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	9m 10s
mac / macports (macos-14)	3m 55s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	39m 5s
conda / conda (macos-14)	1m 49s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	4m 21s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	21m 27s
linux / linux (-intel-)	42m 53s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	18m 25s
	7h 17m 24s

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