Merge pull request #2039 from KLayout/feature/issue-2016 #1828

Job	Run time
Make SDist	18s
build (ubuntu-latest, manylinux, manylinux)	47s
build (macos-14, macosx, macos_arm64, arm64)	48s
build (macos-13, macosx, macos_x86_64, x86_64)	36s
build (ubuntu-latest, musllinux, musllinux)	47s
upload_to_pypi	1s
upload_to_test_pypy	1s
	3m 18s

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