Merge branch 'main' into fix_sem_conv_2016

Author: marcalff

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v7
+      - uses: actions/stale@v8
         with:
           stale-issue-message: "This issue was marked as stale due to lack of activity."
           days-before-issue-stale: 60