Minor xmp fixes #1239

Job	Run time
skip_check	6s
get_version	3s
lint (3.8)	20s
type_check (3.8)	27s
lint (3.9)	21s
type_check (3.9)	26s
lint (3.10)	21s
type_check (3.10)	27s
lint (3.11)	26s
type_check (3.11)	32s
lint (3.12)	28s
type_check (3.12)	26s
patch_version / patch_version	4s
extract_changelog / extract_changelog	5s
test_non_linux (3.12, macos-13)	49s
test (3.8)	43s
test_non_linux (3.12, macos-14)	38s
test (3.9)	43s
test_non_linux (3.12, windows-2019)	1m 45s
test (3.10)	45s
test_non_linux (3.12, windows-2022)	1m 0s
test (3.11)	54s
test (3.12)	55s
	12m 44s

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