Bug 293487 - lang/nim: Upgrade to 2.2.8
Summary: lang/nim: Upgrade to 2.2.8
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Some People
Assignee: Vladimir Druzenko
URL: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2026/02/23/...
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2026-02-27 14:36 UTC by Neal Nelson
Modified: 2026-02-28 18:11 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
vvd: merge-quarterly+

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2026-02-27 14:36 UTC, Neal Nelson 		ports: maintainer-approval+
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Description Neal Nelson 2026-02-27 14:36:15 UTC 
Created attachment 268400 [details]
Git diff of changes.

Upgrade of lang/nim to the latest 2.2.8.
Comment 1 Neal Nelson 2026-02-27 14:36:59 UTC 
Details of upgrade: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2026/02/23/nim-228.html
Comment 2 Vladimir Druzenko freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-02-28 17:59:53 UTC 
PCRE 1 is EOLed by upstream, use devel/pcre2 instead.
There is patch: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/24405

This is for the future.
Comment 3 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-02-28 18:08:32 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=c505631258ea3625c53479860dda8eba98ec92b6

commit c505631258ea3625c53479860dda8eba98ec92b6
Author:     Neal Nelson <ports@nicandneal.net>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-28 18:04:14 +0000
Commit:     Vladimir Druzenko <vvd@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-28 18:08:16 +0000

    lang/nim: Update 2.2.6 => 2.2.8

    Release Notes:
    https://nim-lang.org/blog/2026/02/23/nim-228.html

    PR:     293487
    MFH:    2026Q1

 lang/nim/Makefile  | 2 +-
 lang/nim/distinfo  | 6 +++---
 lang/nim/pkg-plist | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Comment 4 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-02-28 18:11:34 UTC 
A commit in branch 2026Q1 references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=9509dacd076f6d8921f7173be53d31c22b9dce0c

commit 9509dacd076f6d8921f7173be53d31c22b9dce0c
Author:     Neal Nelson <ports@nicandneal.net>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-28 18:04:14 +0000
Commit:     Vladimir Druzenko <vvd@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-28 18:10:50 +0000

    lang/nim: Update 2.2.6 => 2.2.8

    Release Notes:
    https://nim-lang.org/blog/2026/02/23/nim-228.html

    PR:     293487
    MFH:    2026Q1
    (cherry picked from commit c505631258ea3625c53479860dda8eba98ec92b6)

 lang/nim/Makefile  | 2 +-
 lang/nim/distinfo  | 6 +++---
 lang/nim/pkg-plist | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Comment 5 Vladimir Druzenko freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-02-28 18:11:58 UTC 
Thanks.