Upcoming CMake improvements

June 9, 2025

These are CMake MRs (Merge Requests) that have been or may be merged. They are not yet in a CMake release, but they may be included in future releases.

• ExternalProject set environment variables for each of the configure, build, test, and install steps. Previously this was a cumbersome syntax invoking cmake -E env or similar.
• Fix Windows Console handling: CMake 4.1 aims to enable CMake Windows color console output and fix long-standing race conditions in Windows Console handling.