Merge branch 'master' into maint_scm_api_break2

.github/workflows/python-conda-test.yml

@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Configure setuptools-scm
       if: ${{ inputs.use-setuptools-scm }}
       run: |
-        # Last version before write_to was removed as a config option
+        # In v8.0.0, write_to was removed as a config option with no deprecation period
         # write_to makes the _version.py file get written when you check the version
         # we used it here to write out the file via "python -m setuptools_scm"
         # it was replaced with version_file, which only writes during the build
-        micromamba install setuptools-scm=7.1.0
+        micromamba install "setuptools-scm<8.0.0"
         python -m setuptools_scm
 
     - name: Build the conda package and create the test environment