nim: update to 1.6.8

[esafak]

Description

Type(s)

• update
• bugfix
• enhancement
• security fix

@gpanders I deleted the patch file because it needs to be updated with every release, is not strictly needed, and is better addressed at the source: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/devel/tools/niminst/install.nimf

Tested on

macOS 12.6
M1 Mac mini

> sudo port install nim
--->  Computing dependencies for nim
--->  Fetching archive for nim
--->  Attempting to fetch nim-1.6.8_0.darwin_21.arm64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/nim
--->  Attempting to fetch nim-1.6.8_0.darwin_21.arm64.tbz2 from https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/nim
--->  Attempting to fetch nim-1.6.8_0.darwin_21.arm64.tbz2 from https://kmq.jp.packages.macports.org/nim
--->  Fetching distfiles for nim
--->  Verifying checksums for nim
--->  Extracting nim
--->  Configuring nim
--->  Building nim
--->  Staging nim into destroot
--->  Installing nim @1.6.8_0
--->  Deactivating nim @1.6.4_0
--->  Cleaning nim
--->  Activating nim @1.6.8_0
--->  Cleaning nim
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
--->  No broken files found.
--->  No broken ports found.

> nim -v
Nim Compiler Version 1.6.8 [MacOSX: arm64]
Compiled at 2022-10-05
Copyright (c) 2006-2021 by Andreas Rumpf

active boot switches: -d:release

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[macportsbot]

Notifying maintainers:
@gpanders for port nim.

[gpanders]

@gpanders I deleted the patch file because it needs to be updated with every release, is not strictly needed, and is better addressed at the source: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/devel/tools/niminst/install.nimf

@tuffnatty Is the one who added it, so I'll ping them.

[barracuda156]

Cool. I have WIP on Nim for PPC against upstream branch, so 1.6.8 will probably make subsequent PR easier.

[esafak]

@gpanders I deleted the patch file because it needs to be updated with every release, is not strictly needed, and is better addressed at the source: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/devel/tools/niminst/install.nimf

@tuffnatty Is the one who added it, so I'll ping them.

I might add that quoting has already been implemented upstream: nim-lang/Nim#20051

[barracuda156]

@gpanders @esafak By the way, maybe you could take a look and suggest me a solution for this error?
nim-lang/Nim#19914 (comment) (identical error on 10.6.8 Rosetta and 10.6 PPC).