ecl: update to 23.9.9.

[tornaria]

Testing the changes

• I tested the changes in this PR: briefly

Edit: I added a patch to sagemath, to support matplotlib 3.8.0 (see #46109).

[tornaria]

@knusbaum are you still interested in void linux, or shall we orphan your packages?

[knusbaum]

@tornaria I still use Void Linux daily, however in recent times I've been unable to devote much time to package maintenance.

I'm not sure what's expected from package maintainers. If there is a clear expectation, I can try to meet it, as I still do want to contribute and may have more time upcoming.

I'm also ok with orphaning the packages if that will benefit the project, or if this package is particularly important to you, I can pass maintainership to you.

[tornaria]

Thanks for your quick answer!

I'm not sure what's expected from package maintainers. If there is a clear expectation, I can try to meet it, as I still do want to contribute and may have more time upcoming.

I'm not sure either. I guess keep packages up to date when necessary, fix when there is breakage, etc. I think its quite useful that the maintainer is a frequent user of the package.

I'm also ok with orphaning the packages if that will benefit the project, or if this package is particularly important to you, I can pass maintainership to you.

Only reason is because it is a core dependency of sagemath and maxima, but I'm not too much into lisp myself. I usually monitor some packages of interest like ecl and I don't mind doing updates and pinging you for feedback as here.

If you are a regular user of ecl you are definitely a better maintainer than me (I only use it indirectly via sagemath -> maxima -> ecl, and not a lot since I'm not a big user of symbolics in sagemath, which is the part that uses maxima).