Language handling fixes and logging updates #1321

Job	Run time
util_tests (3.7)	5m 43s
unit_tests (3.7)	1m 44s
util_tests (3.8)	6m 58s
unit_tests (3.8)	1m 26s
util_tests (3.9)	5m 29s
unit_tests (3.9)	1m 44s
util_tests (3.10)	5m 24s
unit_tests (3.10)	1m 40s
util_tests (3.11)	7m 58s
unit_tests (3.11)	1m 35s
docker_build_tests / docker_build_tests	2m 48s
py_build_tests / py_build_tests	11s
py_build_tests / relative_path_tests	10s
	42m 50s

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