Refactor local_driver and handling of generic options #21697

Job	Run time
CMake (ubuntu-latest)	1m 43s
CMake (macos-latest)	1m 51s
build-linux (3.10) / build-wheels	2m 34s
build-linux (3.11) / build-wheels	2m 6s
build-linux (3.8) / build-wheels	2m 31s
build-linux (3.9) / build-wheels	2m 13s
build-mac (3.10) / build-wheels	3m 28s
build-mac (3.11) / build-wheels	3m 1s
build-mac (3.8) / build-wheels	3m 26s
build-mac (3.9) / build-wheels	3m 18s
Test ert docs (3.11, ubuntu-latest)	2m 10s
test-linux (3.11, ubuntu-latest, gui-test) / Run ert tests	7m 10s
test-linux (3.10, ubuntu-latest, integration-tests) / Run ert tests	6m 55s
test-linux (3.11, ubuntu-latest, unit-tests) / Run ert tests	5m 20s
test-linux (3.11, ubuntu-latest, integration-tests) / Run ert tests	5m 17s
test-linux (3.8, ubuntu-latest, gui-test) / Run ert tests	7m 27s
test-linux (3.8, ubuntu-latest, integration-tests) / Run ert tests	6m 1s
test-linux (3.10, ubuntu-latest, unit-tests) / Run ert tests	4m 29s
test-linux (3.8, ubuntu-latest, unit-tests) / Run ert tests	4m 30s
test-linux (3.9, ubuntu-latest, integration-tests) / Run ert tests	5m 32s
test-linux (3.9, ubuntu-latest, unit-tests) / Run ert tests	5m 6s
test-mac (3.8, macos-latest, integration-tests) / Run ert tests	9m 15s
test-mac (3.11, macos-latest, unit-tests) / Run ert tests	7m 4s
test-mac (3.8, macos-latest, unit-tests) / Run ert tests	7m 25s
test-mac (3.11, macos-latest, integration-tests) / Run ert tests	7m 18s
Publish to PyPI	0s
	1h 57m 10s

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