merge master and resolve conflicts

* master: (29 commits)
  Append overlay optimization. (#1223)
  finalization: Skip tree route calculation if no forks present (#4721)
  Remove unncessary call remove_from_peers_set (#4742)
  add pov-recovery unit tests and support for elastic scaling (#4733)
  approval-voting: Add no shows debug information (#4726)
  Revamp the Readme of the parachain template (#4713)
  Update README.md to move the PSVM link under a "Tooling" section under the "Releases" section (#4734)
  frame/proc-macro: Refactor code for better readability (#4712)
  Contracts:  update wasmi to 0.32 (#3679)
  Backport style changes from P<>K bridge to R<>W bridge (#4732)
  New reference doc for Custom RPC V2 (#4654)
  Frame Pallets: Clean a lot of test setups (#4642)
  Fix occupied core handling (#4691)
  statement-distribution: Fix false warning (#4727)
  Update the README to include a link to the Polkadot SDK Version Manager (#4718)
  Cleanup PVF artifact by cache limit and stale time (#4662)
  Update link to a latest polkadot release (#4711)
  [CI] Delete cargo-deny config (#4677)
  fix build on MacOS: bump secp256k1 and secp256k1-sys to patched versions (#4709)
  Unify dependency aliases (#4633)
  ...

.gitlab/pipeline/check.yml

@@ -24,30 +24,6 @@ check-try-runtime:
     # experimental code may rely on try-runtime and vice-versa
     - time cargo check --locked --all --features try-runtime,experimental
 
-# FIXME
-.cargo-deny-licenses:
-  stage: check
-  extends:
-    - .docker-env
-    - .test-pr-refs
-  variables:
-    CARGO_DENY_CMD: "cargo deny --all-features check licenses -c ./substrate/scripts/ci/deny.toml"
-  script:
-    - $CARGO_DENY_CMD --hide-inclusion-graph
-  after_script:
-    - echo "___The complete log is in the artifacts___"
-    - $CARGO_DENY_CMD 2> deny.log
-    - if [ $CI_JOB_STATUS != 'success' ]; then
-      echo 'Please check license of your crate or add an exception to scripts/ci/deny.toml';
-      fi
-  allow_failure: true
-  artifacts:
-    name: $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
-    expire_in: 3 days
-    when: always
-    paths:
-      - deny.log
-
 # from substrate
 # not sure if it's needed in monorepo
 check-dependency-rules: