Update gfanInterface for gfan v0.8
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Description
Gfan has a new version! From release notes:
> - [Gfan version 0.8beta](https://math.au.dk/~jensen/software/gfan/gfan0.8beta.tar.gz) (May 7th 2026. Updated Makefile and minor fixes. Commands for half-open polyhedra and half-open complexes are in development (_tropicalprevariety etc.). More parallelisation.)
> - [Gfan version 0.7](https://users-math.au.dk/~jensen/software/gfan/gfan0.7.tar.gz) (August 12th 2024. The only major difference is the introduction of _tropicalprevariety which is much faster than the old _tropicalintersection. (Comment to the Singular/CoCoA developers: It is not possible to extract a useful updated version of gfanlib from the sources.))
> - [Gfan version 0.7beta](https://users-math.au.dk/~jensen/software/gfan/gfan0.7beta.tar.gz) (July 22nd 2024. The only major difference is the introduction of _tropicalprevariety which is much faster than the old _tropicalintersection.)
Also, I think we should consider renaming the package `gfanInterface` to just `Gfan`.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start with the gfanInterface package and the linked Gfan 0.8 release notes, then review open pull request #4466 to understand the work already underway. Done means the interface supports the requested Gfan 0.8 changes and the proposed package rename is addressed or resolved.
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