Refactor python config handling #2350

Job	Run time
build packages	17s
linter	1m 29s
unit test / python 3.9	48s
unit test / python 3.10	56s
unit test / python 3.11	52s
unit test / python 3.12	1m 1s
verify packages / python 3.9 / ubuntu-latest	1m 1s
verify packages / python 3.10 / ubuntu-latest	59s
verify packages / python 3.11 / ubuntu-latest	53s
verify packages / python 3.12 / ubuntu-latest	1m 9s
verify packages / python 3.9 / macos-latest	50s
verify packages / python 3.10 / macos-latest	45s
verify packages / python 3.11 / macos-latest	46s
verify packages / python 3.12 / macos-latest	1m 11s
verify packages / python 3.9 / windows-latest	2m 16s
verify packages / python 3.10 / windows-latest	3m 6s
verify packages / python 3.11 / windows-latest	2m 56s
verify packages / python 3.12 / windows-latest	3m 4s
	24m 19s

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