WIP: release v4.6.0 #8919

Job	Run time
Python - oldest supported versions (ubuntu-latest) (3.7)	3m 18s
Python - oldest supported versions (ubuntu-latest) (3.8)	3m 15s
regular (macos-13, Python 3.11)	15m 52s
Python - latest versions (ubuntu-latest)	4m 20s
sdist (macos-13, Python 3.12)	15m 10s
bdist (macos-13, Python 3.9)	15m 38s
if-else (macos-13, Python 3.10)	4m 59s
bdist wheel (macos-14, Python 3.11)	4m 20s
mpi source (macos-13, Python 3.12)	14m 4s
mpi pip (macos-13, Python 3.13)	15m 5s
mpi wheel (macos-13, Python 3.10)	14m 9s
all-python-package-jobs-successful	2s
	1h 50m 12s

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