Merge branch 'master' into allow_different_partitions #522

Job	Run time
call / checks (ubuntu-latest, 3.13)	2s
call / tests (windows-latest, 3.12, tests)	2m 43s
call / checks (ubuntu-24.04, 3.11)	1m 45s
call / tests (windows-2019, 3.8, tests)	2m 5s
call / tests (macos-latest, 3.12, tests)	1m 24s
call / checks (ubuntu-latest, 3.10)	1m 50s
call / tests (macos-12, 3.8, tests)	1m 31s
call / checks (ubuntu-22.04, 3.9)	1m 45s
call / validate (ubuntu-latest, 3.12, validate)	3m 6s
call / checks (ubuntu-20.04, 3.8)	1m 47s
	17m 58s

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