Merge branch 'v2.9' #2930

Job	Run time
codecheck / codecheck	45m 33s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	10m 9s
docker / docker (fedora39)	20m 33s
conda / conda (macos-12)	20m 1s
mac / macports (macos-12)	11m 32s
docker / docker (rocky8)	22m 55s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	40m 3s
mac / macports (macos-14)	8m 14s
conda / conda (macos-14)	8m 52s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	50m 34s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	24m 45s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 2m 32s
linux / linux (-debug-)	31m 4s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	7m 54s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	40m 32s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	5m 9s
linux / linux (-intel-)	45m 55s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	16m 21s
	7h 52m 38s

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