Merging 1.9.latest to main (Since 1.9.0 will be out in a couple of weeks). #2335

Job	Run time
build packages	15s
unit test / python 3.8	51s
linter	1m 30s
unit test / python 3.9	58s
unit test / python 3.10	56s
unit test / python 3.11	50s
verify packages / python 3.8 / ubuntu-latest	1m 5s
verify packages / python 3.9 / ubuntu-latest	1m 2s
verify packages / python 3.10 / ubuntu-latest	1m 4s
verify packages / python 3.11 / ubuntu-latest	59s
verify packages / python 3.8 / macos-latest	1m 37s
verify packages / python 3.9 / macos-latest	52s
verify packages / python 3.10 / macos-latest	59s
verify packages / python 3.11 / macos-latest	59s
verify packages / python 3.8 / windows-latest	3m 51s
verify packages / python 3.9 / windows-latest	3m 6s
verify packages / python 3.10 / windows-latest	4m 4s
verify packages / python 3.11 / windows-latest	2m 46s
	27m 44s

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