New year infrastructure / CI fixes #5990

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Job	Run time
lint/style-and-typos	50s
lint/style-and-typos	52s
linux/3.9/bare-env	11s
linux/3.9/bare-env	11s
linux/3.9	28m 31s
linux/3.9	2m 10s
linux/3.10	4m 9s
linux/3.10	2m 9s
linux/3.11	4m 12s
linux/3.11	2m 21s
linux/3.12	4m 23s
linux/3.12	2m 18s
linux/3.13	6m 53s
linux/3.13	2m 21s
osx/3.9	13m 48s
osx/3.9	2m 23s
osx/3.10	4m 52s
osx/3.10	2m 11s
osx/3.11	4m 55s
osx/3.11	2m 18s
osx/3.12	4m 31s
osx/3.12	2m 21s
osx/3.13	5m 25s
osx/3.13	2m 22s
win/3.9	46m 49s
win/3.9	1s
win/3.10	2h 0m 7s
win/3.10	2m 16s
win/3.11	2h 0m 7s
win/3.11	8s
win/3.12	21m 38s
win/3.12	2s
win/3.13	18m 54s
win/3.13	1s
linux/3.11/conda	23m 16s
linux/3.11/conda	2m 22s
linux/3.10/mpi	9m 47s
linux/3.10/mpi	2m 23s
linux/3.12/cython	7m 48s
linux/3.12/cython	2m 16s
win/3.9/pip	26m 41s
win/3.9/pip	1s
linux/3.11/singletest	5m 14s
linux/3.11/singletest	2m 17s
linux/3.9/slim	6m 8s
linux/3.9/slim	2m 20s
linux/3.12/numpy2	5m 54s
linux/3.12/numpy2	2m 23s
linux/3.10/pyutilib	4m 21s
linux/3.10/pyutilib	2m 10s
linux/pypy-3.9	2m 16s
linux/pypy-3.9	1m 54s
process-coverage-linux	1m 18s
process-coverage-osx	1m 6s
process-coverage-win	1m 50s
process-coverage-${{ matrix.TARGET }}	1s
	9h 10m 26s

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