Merge branch 'release_29'

* release_29:
  Allow Span in files opened for Append
  crusher,ci: set unique env per pipeline
  fixed #3638
  CI,windows: change MSMPI URL
  Bump requests from 2.28.1 to 2.31.0 in /docs
  docs: update whatsnew
  ci,crusher: minor tweaks
  ci,olcf,crusher: enable Crusher CI
  ci,ascent: enable ascent builds
  Merge pull request #3623 from vicentebolea/kokkos-use-nvcc-wrapper
  BP5: fixes memory error with IBM XL