Synchronize master branch with 2024-patches

Includes:

• Reference update for !4697 (merged) (!4718 (merged))
• add optional pyconf NTupleSvc basket size (!4697 (merged))
• Prepare LHCb v55r14 (!4715 (merged))
• Disable decoding of a couple of SelRep sub-banks if no object is saved to the ObjType sub-bank (!4497 (merged))
• HLTScheduler: Only set non-zero application return code after allowed number of handled event failures (!4709 (merged))
• move walk(Particle const&) from Rec to LHCb (!4678 (merged))
• Fixes for FSR reading from LHCb 4598 (!4694 (merged))
• Changes to MCParticle pointer handling and new Charge() method (!4383 (merged))
• Update codes for reading FSR (!4598 (merged))
• Prepare LHCb v55r13 (!4681 (merged))
• Using Gaudi/Parsers/Factory.h instead of GaudiKernel/ParsersFactory.h (!4675 (merged))

To-do:

• validated with lhcb-sim11