Merge branch 'master' into hh/doc-improvement

Author: haraldh

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.tag && format('refs/tags/{0}', inputs.tag) || github.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      - name: Set up Python 3.12
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install pypa/build
         run: >-