fix(perf): do less work loading config (#7361)

This adds some lazy loading, inlines some single use functions, and also
removes the "define" function in the definitions file.  That was
guarding against something that isn't worth the runtime to check for.

tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/config.js.test.cjs

@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "color": true,
   "commit-hooks": true,
   "cpu": null,
-  "os": null,
-  "libc": null,
   "depth": null,
   "description": true,
   "dev": false,
@@ -50,8 +48,8 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "dry-run": false,
   "editor": "{EDITOR}",
   "engine-strict": false,
-  "expect-results": null,
   "expect-result-count": null,
+  "expect-results": null,
   "fetch-retries": 2,
   "fetch-retry-factor": 10,
   "fetch-retry-maxtimeout": 60000,
@@ -90,10 +88,9 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "key": null,
   "legacy-bundling": false,
   "legacy-peer-deps": false,
+  "libc": null,
   "link": false,
   "local-address": null,
-  "sbom-format": null,
-  "sbom-type": "library",
   "location": "user",
   "lockfile-version": null,
   "loglevel": "notice",
@@ -111,6 +108,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "omit-lockfile-registry-resolved": false,
   "only": null,
   "optional": null,
+  "os": null,
   "otp": null,
   "package": [],
   "package-lock": true,
@@ -138,6 +136,8 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "save-peer": false,
   "save-prefix": "^",
   "save-prod": false,
+  "sbom-format": null,
+  "sbom-type": "library",
   "scope": "",
   "script-shell": null,
   "searchexclude": "",

tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs

@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ Array [
 ]
 `
 
+exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP prioritize CLI flags over publishConfig > new package version 1`] = `
++ [email protected]
+`
+
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP public access > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
@@ -452,10 +456,6 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP restricted access > new package versio
 + @npm/[email protected]
 `
 
-exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP prioritize CLI flags over publishConfig > new package version 1`] = `
-+ [email protected]
-`
-
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP scoped _auth config scoped registry > new package version 1`] = `
 + @npm/[email protected]
 `

tap-snapshots/test/lib/docs.js.test.cjs

@@ -2078,8 +2078,6 @@ Array [
   "color",
   "commit-hooks",
   "cpu",
-  "os",
-  "libc",
   "depth",
   "description",
   "dev",
@@ -2094,8 +2092,8 @@ Array [
   "dry-run",
   "editor",
   "engine-strict",
-  "expect-results",
   "expect-result-count",
+  "expect-results",
   "fetch-retries",
   "fetch-retry-factor",
   "fetch-retry-maxtimeout",
@@ -2135,10 +2133,9 @@ Array [
   "key",
   "legacy-bundling",
   "legacy-peer-deps",
+  "libc",
   "link",
   "local-address",
-  "sbom-format",
-  "sbom-type",
   "location",
   "lockfile-version",
   "loglevel",
@@ -2154,6 +2151,7 @@ Array [
   "omit-lockfile-registry-resolved",
   "only",
   "optional",
+  "os",
   "otp",
   "package",
   "package-lock",
@@ -2182,6 +2180,8 @@ Array [
   "save-peer",
   "save-prefix",
   "save-prod",
+  "sbom-format",
+  "sbom-type",
   "scope",
   "script-shell",
   "searchexclude",
@@ -2238,8 +2238,6 @@ Array [
   "color",
   "commit-hooks",
   "cpu",
-  "os",
-  "libc",
   "depth",
   "description",
   "dev",
@@ -2281,9 +2279,8 @@ Array [
   "key",
   "legacy-bundling",
   "legacy-peer-deps",
+  "libc",
   "local-address",
-  "sbom-format",
-  "sbom-type",
   "location",
   "lockfile-version",
   "loglevel",
@@ -2295,6 +2292,7 @@ Array [
   "omit-lockfile-registry-resolved",
   "only",
   "optional",
+  "os",
   "otp",
   "package",
   "package-lock",
@@ -2322,6 +2320,8 @@ Array [
   "save-peer",
   "save-prefix",
   "save-prod",
+  "sbom-format",
+  "sbom-type",
   "scope",
   "script-shell",
   "searchexclude",
@@ -2347,8 +2347,8 @@ Array [
 
 exports[`test/lib/docs.js TAP config > keys that are not flattened 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "expect-results",
   "expect-result-count",
+  "expect-results",
   "init-author-email",
   "init-author-name",
   "init-author-url",