Merge branch 'v2.9' into v2.10 #3152

Job	Run time
docker / docker (fedora39)	20m 10s
codecheck / codecheck	45m 27s
docker / docker (rocky8)	23m 51s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	39m 38s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	11m 25s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	52m 36s
conda / conda (macos-13)	11m 42s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 4m 5s
conda / conda (macos-14)	3m 58s
linux / linux (-debug-)	30m 11s
mac / macports (macos-13)	31m 30s
mac / macsimple (macos-13)	11m 53s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	42m 6s
mac / macports (macos-14)	2m 32s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	4m 19s
linux / linux (-intel-)	45m 2s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-13)	33m 19s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	18m 15s
linux / linux (-nvhpc-mpi-)	55m 49s
	9h 7m 48s

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