Merge branch 'v2.9' #2949

Job	Run time
codecheck / codecheck	43m 47s
docker / docker (fedora39)	20m 11s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	10m 23s
docker / docker (rocky8)	23m 31s
conda / conda (macos-12)	19m 52s
conda / conda (macos-14)	8m 23s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	39m 33s
mac / macports (macos-12)	16m 40s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	49m 15s
mac / macports (macos-14)	9m 23s
mac / macsimple (macos-12)	9m 0s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 3m 1s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-12)	20m 12s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	4m 23s
linux / linux (-debug-)	29m 34s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	38m 43s
linux / linux (-intel-)	45m 21s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	16m 55s
	7h 48m 7s

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