Merge branch 'v2.9' into v2.10 #3139

Job	Run time
codecheck / codecheck	43m 40s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	11m 17s
mac / macports (macos-12)	14m 34s
conda / conda (macos-12)	5m 30s
mac / macports (macos-14)	3m 30s
conda / conda (macos-14)	2m 16s
docker / docker (fedora39)	20m 56s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	39m 43s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	23m 55s
docker / docker (rocky8)	23m 26s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	50m 7s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	10m 20s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 0m 32s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	4m 24s
linux / linux (-debug-)	32m 2s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	41m 41s
linux / linux (-intel-)	44m 58s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	18m 47s
linux / linux (-nvhpc-mpi-)	55m 34s
	8h 27m 12s

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