Merge branch 'v2.9' #2903

Job	Run time
codecheck / codecheck	39m 30s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	10m 25s
conda / conda (macos-12)	17m 4s
docker / docker (fedora39)	21m 21s
conda / conda (macos-14)	7m 55s
docker / docker (rocky8)	23m 14s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	39m 13s
mac / macports (macos-12)	12m 0s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	49m 23s
mac / macports (macos-14)	7m 11s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 3m 58s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	20m 12s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	8m 6s
linux / linux (-debug-)	30m 25s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	39m 47s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	4m 37s
linux / linux (-intel-)	46m 22s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	17m 20s
	7h 38m 3s

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