Merge branch 'v2.9' #2914

Job	Run time
codecheck / codecheck	38m 54s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	10m 29s
docker / docker (fedora39)	21m 37s
conda / conda (macos-12)	18m 41s
docker / docker (rocky8)	23m 47s
conda / conda (macos-14)	7m 21s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	38m 20s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	53m 3s
mac / macports (macos-12)	12m 26s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 1m 24s
mac / macports (macos-14)	7m 5s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	19m 36s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	8m 47s
linux / linux (-debug-)	31m 14s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	4m 45s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	40m 12s
linux / linux (-intel-)	46m 28s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	18m 4s
	7h 42m 13s

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