Release v0.8.1 #1706

Job	Run time
min-versions	13s
dev and docs requirements check	17s
docs	1m 46s
build (3.9, ubuntu-latest)	1m 1s
build (3.9, windows-latest)	3m 0s
pre-release	14s
upstream	0s
build (3.10, ubuntu-latest)	57s
build (3.10, windows-latest)	2m 19s
build (3.10, macos-latest)	1m 45s
build (3.11, ubuntu-latest)	56s
build (3.11, windows-latest)	3m 26s
build (3.11, macos-latest)	1m 26s
build (3.12, ubuntu-latest)	1m 4s
build (3.12, windows-latest)	2m 34s
build (3.12, macos-latest)	2m 12s
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