History/Dev history: refactor #990

Job	Run time
macOS.${{ matrix.compiler.compiler }}.${{ matrix.build.xcode }}.${{ matrix.target }}.${{ matrix.btype }}.${{ matrix.generator }}	0s
Linux.noble.GNU14.skiptest.Debug.Ninja	4m 43s
Win64.UCRT64.skiptest.Debug.Ninja	13m 56s
Linux.noble.GNU14.nofeatures.Debug.Ninja	4m 36s
Win64.UCRT64.nofeatures.Debug.Ninja	21m 53s
Linux.noble.GNU14.skiptest.Release.Ninja	4m 42s
Win64.UCRT64.skiptest.Release.Ninja	14m 12s
Linux.noble.GNU14.nofeatures.Release.Ninja	4m 44s
Win64.UCRT64.nofeatures.Release.Ninja	21m 33s
Linux.noble.LLVM16.skiptest.Debug.Ninja	4m 27s
Linux.noble.LLVM16.nofeatures.Debug.Ninja	4m 42s
Linux.noble.LLVM16.skiptest.Release.Ninja	4m 42s
Linux.noble.LLVM16.nofeatures.Release.Ninja	4m 44s
	1h 48m 54s

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