Merge maintenance 2.16.x in main (#8172)

Author: Pierre-Sassoulas

doc/whatsnew/2/2.16/index.rst

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+What's new in Pylint 2.16.1?
+----------------------------
+Release date: 2023-02-02
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+
+Other Bug Fixes
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+- Fix a crash happening for python interpreter < 3.9 following a failed typing
+  update.
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+  Closes #8161 (`#8161 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8161>`_)
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+
 What's new in Pylint 2.16.0?
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 Release date: 2023-02-01