[CI] Build third-party dependencies in release with ninja

[dbarker]

Fixes # (issue)

Changes

• Update ci/install_thirdparty.sh to use Ninja if available and default Release
• Update ci environment script to install ninja
• Clean up third party release file
• Update devcontainer docker file to build third-party deps from the third_party_release tags file

For significant contributions please make sure you have completed the following items:

• CHANGELOG.md updated for non-trivial changes
• Unit tests have been added
• Changes in public API reviewed

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 90.18%. Comparing base (1827a20) to head (318b40d).

Additional details and impacted files

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##             main    #3995      +/-   ##
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+ Coverage   90.17%   90.18%   +0.02%     
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  Files         230      230              
  Lines        7299     7299              
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+ Hits         6581     6582       +1     
+ Misses        718      717       -1     

see 1 file with indirect coverage changes

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