Merge branch 'v2.9' into v2.10 #3405

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Job	Run time
mac / macsimple (macos-13)	12m 52s
codecheck / codecheck	43m 40s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	4m 36s
mac / macports (macos-13)	18m 32s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	12m 7s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-13)	23m 41s
conda / conda (macos-13)	27m 47s
conda / conda (macos-14)	9m 41s
docker / docker (fedora39)	20m 22s
docker / docker (rocky8)	25m 7s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	41m 58s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	53m 5s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 5m 53s
linux / linux (-debug-)	33m 46s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	43m 2s
linux / linux (-intel-)	46m 55s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	18m 42s
linux / linux (-nvhpc-mpi-)	57m 11s
	9h 18m 57s

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