Merge branch 'reduce-mem-overhead' into 'v55r13p1-patches'

Generate configuration in a separate process to reduce memory usage

See merge request !4764 (merged)

(cherry picked from commit 0aa5963d)

5f3b1032 Generate configuration in a separate process to reduce memory usage

Co-authored-by: Miroslav Saur miroslav.saur@cern.ch

Part of the set: !4846 (merged) !4848 (merged) Rec!4209 (merged) Moore!4207 (merged) Moore!4208 (merged)