2.8 Release

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IDAES-PSE 2.8.0 Release Highlights

List binary platforms and architectures by @dangunter in #1546
Add support for Greybox model DOF counitng in degrees_of_freedom function by @avdudchenko in #1512
Add support for isothermal conditions in control volumes. by @andrewlee94 in #1558
Add explicit configuration path for ReadtheDocs by @mrmundt in #1553
Fix set_parameter_path in Helmholtz Property Package by @bertkdowns in #1530
Checks for variables with None value in NLP by @dallan-keylogic in #1564
Small fixes for instructions on how to build docs locally by @ksbeattie in #1568
changed macosx tutorial to properly handle different mac arch possibi… by @azaidi06 in #1544
Price taker model for DISPATCHES, Rehashed by @djlaky in #1358
Wrap 0D Fixed Bed TSA unit model in extra_models/fixed_bed_tsa0d for Flowsheet Processor UI by @dangunter in #1493
updated importlib.resources to stop using deprecated path function by @azaidi06 in #1550
Fix bugs in SmoothVLE2 initialization by @dallan-keylogic in #1563
Add mapping to use ubuntu2204 build of idaes-ext on Ubuntu 24.04 by @lbianchi-lbl in #1559
Temporarily exclude sphinx 8.2.0 to fix doctests by @blnicho in #1572
Update Pyomo requirement to the 6.9.1 release by @blnicho in #1587

Full Changelog: 2.7.0...2.8.0