2024.01 changelog and version updates #714

Job	Run time
build (--disable-openmp, --with-yaml)	5m 18s
build (--disable-openmp, --with-yaml)	9m 40s
build (--disable-openmp, --enable-test-input=/home/unit_tests_input)	5m 18s
build (--disable-openmp, --enable-test-input=/home/unit_tests_input)	10m 17s
build (--disable-setting-flags, --with-yaml)	5m 14s
build (--disable-setting-flags, --with-yaml)	9m 41s
build (--disable-setting-flags, --enable-test-input=/home/unit_tests_input)	5m 19s
build (--disable-setting-flags, --enable-test-input=/home/unit_tests_input)	10m 16s
build (--with-mpi=no, --with-yaml)	3m 45s
build (--with-mpi=no, --with-yaml)	3m 45s
build (--disable-r8-default, --with-yaml)	5m 17s
build (--disable-r8-default, --with-yaml)	9m 42s
build (--disable-r8-default, --enable-test-input=/home/unit_tests_input)	5m 19s
build (--disable-r8-default, --enable-test-input=/home/unit_tests_input)	10m 7s
	1h 38m 58s

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