Add Nim (from source)

[pb-cdunn]

Checklist

• License file is packaged (see here for an example)
• Source is from official source
• Package does not vendor other packages. (If a package uses the source of another package, they should be separate packages or the licenses of all packages need to be packaged)
• If static libraries are linked in, the license of the static library is packaged.
• Build number is 0
• A tarball (url) rather than a repo (e.g. git_url) is used in your recipe (see here for more details)
• GitHub users listed in the maintainer section have posted a comment confirming they are willing to be listed there

[pb-cdunn]

Alternative to #10045

[pb-cdunn]

(New feedstock. How do I request a Merge?)

nim is a compiler which can generate C, C++, or Javascript from Nim source-code. It is itself a C-compiled executable. The Nim libs need to be available to users of nim. nimpretty and nimble are useful additional tools.

After this is merged, I will submit a follow-up PR for OSX and Win.

[pb-cdunn]

@conda-forge/staged-recipes ,

Seems to build ok. Can this be merged?

[pb-cdunn]

ping @conda-forge/staged-recipes

[pb-cdunn]

I am willing to be listed in the maintainers list.

[conda-forge-linter]

Hi! This is the friendly automated conda-forge-linting service.

I just wanted to let you know that I linted all conda-recipes in your PR (recipes/nim) and found it was in an excellent condition.

[pb-cdunn]

@conda-forge/staged-recipes We need this in Bioconda. Can we get this merged?

[pb-cdunn]

@marcelotrevisani @mariusvniekerk @xhochy @scopatz ,

This package is much simpler than it sounds. Nim simply generates C code (or C++), and then calls the C compiler to build. It's not that different than make or meson.

Right now, to use Nim in Bioconda I have to download (and maybe build) the Nim compiler inside the recipe, which takes a few minutes. This recipe will reduce the burden on CircleCI.

(I would close #10045, but if you'd rather simply install the nightly prebuilt, that would work fine for me.)

[pb-cdunn]

Shall I submit updates as PRs against the new nim-feedstock?

[xhochy]

Shall I submit updates as PRs against the new nim-feedstock?

Yes