Merge branch 'v2.9' #2941

Job	Run time
codecheck / codecheck	44m 9s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	10m 14s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	38m 47s
conda / conda (macos-12)	22m 42s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	49m 31s
conda / conda (macos-14)	7m 43s
docker / docker (fedora39)	20m 6s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 1m 16s
docker / docker (rocky8)	23m 36s
linux / linux (-debug-)	30m 0s
mac / macports (macos-12)	12m 54s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	39m 55s
mac / macports (macos-14)	10m 31s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	8m 34s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	17m 51s
linux / linux (-intel-)	45m 57s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	16m 55s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	4m 23s
	7h 45m 4s

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