bump m4ri to the latest version (20251207), drop upstreamed patch

[dimpase]

various improvements, including correcting L3 cache size computation for Intel macOS machines,
see malb/m4ri#35

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[dimpase]

strangely enough CI can't get the upstream tarball

[malb]

Hi, not quite sure what my review should cover. Version number is correct, what else should I check for?

[dimpase]

normally speaking, checking that it builds and the Sage interface passes relevant tests :-)

[malb]

Doesn't the CI do that already? Sorry, not trying to be difficult here!

[dimpase]

Doesn't the CI do that already? Sorry, not trying to be difficult here!

Our CI isn't very good in package upgrades

[malb]

I compiled this branch and ran make ptest:

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src/bin/sage -t --warn-long 5.0 --random-seed=202317777364966127840445714391483130859 src/sage/misc/sagedoc.py  # 1 doctest failed
src/bin/sage -t --warn-long 5.0 --random-seed=202317777364966127840445714391483130859 src/sage/interfaces/gap_workspace.py  # 2 doctests failed
src/bin/sage -t --warn-long 5.0 --random-seed=202317777364966127840445714391483130859 src/sage/repl/interpreter.py  # 1 doctest failed                                                                                                                            
src/bin/sage -t --warn-long 5.0 --random-seed=202317777364966127840445714391483130859 src/sage/doctest/test.py  # 1 doctest failed
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Total time for all tests: 662.3 seconds
    cpu time: 4531.7 seconds
    cumulative wall time: 4121.9 seconds
Features detected for doctesting: conway_polynomials,cvxopt,database_cremona_mini_ellcurve,database_ellcurves,database_graphs,fpylll,gap_package_polycyclic,gfan,imagemagick,info,jupyter_sphinx,lrcalc_python,meson_editable,mpmath,nauty,networkx,numpy,palp,pdf
tocairo,pexpect,pillow,polytopes_db,pplpy,primecountpy,ptyprocess,pyparsing,sage.combinat,sage.geometry.polyhedron,sage.graphs,sage.groups,sage.libs.braiding,sage.libs.ecl,sage.libs.flint,sage.libs.gap,sage.libs.homfly,sage.libs.linbox,sage.libs.m4ri,sage.li
bs.ntl,sage.libs.pari,sage.libs.singular,sage.misc.cython,sage.modular,sage.modules,sage.numerical.mip,sage.plot,sage.rings.complex_double,sage.rings.finite_rings,sage.rings.function_field,sage.rings.number_field,sage.rings.padics,sage.rings.polynomial.pbori
,sage.rings.real_double,sage.rings.real_mpfr,sage.schemes,sage.symbolic,scipy,singular,sphinx,sympy
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/malb/software/sage'
./tools/test-git-no-uncommitted-changes
Error: the git repo has uncommitted changes:
 D conftest.py

make[2]: *** [Makefile:258: test-git-no-uncommitted-changes] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/malb/software/sage'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:262: test] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/malb/software/sage'
make: *** [Makefile:278: ptest] Error 2

I gather the conftest.py business is unrelated. I ran all of those "failing" tests and they passed. Thus, I gather doctests passed (this is on an Ubuntu server x86_64.

[dimpase]

Thanks!