Merge branch 'v2.9' into v2.10 #3354

Job	Run time
docker / docker (fedora39)	20m 45s
docker / docker (rocky8)	23m 58s
linux / linux (-doc-mpi-)	41m 45s
linux / linux (-mpi-)	52m 20s
linux / linux (-coverage-mpi-)	1h 3m 28s
mac / macports (macos-13)	35m 28s
linux / linux (-debug-)	31m 14s
linux / linux (-debug-mpi-)	42m 3s
mac / macports (+allmodules, macos-13)	24m 18s
linux / linux (-intel-)	45m 26s
mac / macsimple (macos-13)	11m 47s
linux / linux (-pycv-mpi-)	18m 10s
mac / macsimple (macos-14)	5m 34s
linux / linux (-nvhpc-mpi-)	59m 45s
codecheck / codecheck	44m 1s
conda / conda (ubuntu-20.04)	11m 31s
conda / conda (macos-13)	23m 44s
conda / conda (macos-14)	9m 41s
	9h 24m 58s

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