Release 24.08

[pgrete]

PR Summary

As discussed last week during the sync, all the "should be part of the release" PRs are now merged.
If there are now objections I'll pull the release trigger tomorrow.
ping @Yurlungur @lroberts36 @bprather @brryan

PR Checklist

• Code passes cpplint
• New features are documented.
• Adds a test for any bugs fixed. Adds tests for new features.
• Code is formatted
• Changes are summarized in CHANGELOG.md
• Change is breaking (API, behavior, ...)
  • Change is additionally added to CHANGELOG.md in the breaking section
  • PR is marked as breaking
  • Short summary API changes at the top of the PR (plus optionally with an automated update/fix script)
• CI has been triggered on Darwin for performance regression tests.
• Docs build
• (@lanl.gov employees) Update copyright on changed files

[lroberts36]

LGTM

[Yurlungur]

👍

[pdmullen]

LGTM :)