Improve python build #618

Job	Run time
linux (ubuntu:jammy, clang, autotools)	5m 37s
macos (meson, llvm)	3m 39s
linux (ubuntu:jammy, clang, meson)	1m 23s
macos (meson, gcc@13)	4m 40s
linux (ubuntu:jammy, gcc, autotools)	5m 58s
linux (ubuntu:jammy, gcc, meson)	1m 50s
msys2 (meson, clang)	2m 21s
linux (debian:bookworm, clang, autotools)	5m 41s
msys2 (meson, gcc)	2m 38s
Visual Studio with cl and Python 3.9	1m 41s
linux (debian:bookworm, clang, meson)	1m 49s
Visual Studio with clang-cl and Python 3.9	2m 8s
linux (debian:bookworm, gcc, autotools)	6m 55s
linux (debian:bookworm, gcc, meson)	1m 44s
Visual Studio with cl and Python 3.10	2m 22s
linux (rockylinux:9, clang, autotools)	5m 8s
Visual Studio with clang-cl and Python 3.10	2m 8s
Visual Studio with cl and Python 3.11	2m 24s
linux (rockylinux:9, clang, meson)	1m 29s
Visual Studio with clang-cl and Python 3.11	2m 5s
linux (rockylinux:9, gcc, autotools)	6m 12s
Visual Studio with cl and Python 3.12	3m 58s
Visual Studio with clang-cl and Python 3.12	1m 48s
linux (rockylinux:9, gcc, meson)	1m 57s
linux (fedora:latest, clang, autotools)	4m 52s
linux (fedora:latest, clang, meson)	2m 0s
linux (fedora:latest, gcc, autotools)	4m 34s
linux (fedora:latest, gcc, meson)	3m 44s
linux (rockylinux:8, /usr/bin/lua)	1m 26s
	1h 34m 11s

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