Improve python build #625

Job	Run time
msys2 (meson, clang)	2m 16s
macos (meson, llvm)	3m 5s
msys2 (meson, gcc)	2m 8s
macos (meson, gcc@14)	2m 31s
linux (ubuntu:jammy, clang, autotools)	5m 11s
linux (ubuntu:jammy, clang, meson)	2m 2s
linux (ubuntu:jammy, gcc, autotools)	5m 49s
Visual Studio with cl and Python 3.9	58s
linux (ubuntu:jammy, gcc, meson)	1m 41s
linux (debian:bookworm, clang, autotools)	5m 39s
Visual Studio with clang-cl and Python 3.9	48s
linux (debian:bookworm, clang, meson)	1m 55s
Visual Studio with cl and Python 3.10	37s
linux (debian:bookworm, gcc, autotools)	6m 39s
Visual Studio with clang-cl and Python 3.10	1m 9s
linux (debian:bookworm, gcc, meson)	1m 32s
Visual Studio with cl and Python 3.11	57s
linux (rockylinux:9, clang, autotools)	5m 22s
Visual Studio with clang-cl and Python 3.11	55s
linux (rockylinux:9, clang, meson)	1m 57s
Visual Studio with cl and Python 3.12	52s
Visual Studio with clang-cl and Python 3.12	1m 26s
linux (rockylinux:9, gcc, autotools)	5m 58s
linux (rockylinux:9, gcc, meson)	1m 26s
linux (fedora:latest, clang, autotools)	4m 22s
linux (fedora:latest, clang, meson)	1m 10s
linux (fedora:latest, gcc, autotools)	4m 40s
linux (fedora:latest, gcc, meson)	1m 6s
linux (rockylinux:8, /usr/bin/lua)	1m 38s
	1h 15m 49s

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