WIP: release v4.6.0 #8859

Job	Run time
Python - oldest supported versions (ubuntu-latest)	3m 11s
Python - latest versions (ubuntu-latest)	4m 5s
regular (macos-13, Python 3.10)	15m 59s
sdist (macos-13, Python 3.11)	11m 43s
bdist (macos-13, Python 3.8)	14m 25s
if-else (macos-13, Python 3.9)	6m 45s
bdist wheel (macos-14, Python 3.10)	3m 49s
mpi source (macos-13, Python 3.11)	15m 1s
mpi pip (macos-13, Python 3.12)	13m 20s
mpi wheel (macos-13, Python 3.9)	12m 40s
all-python-package-jobs-successful	1s
	1h 40m 59s

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