fix: harden exception handling, break ARC cycles, sync license/client

Replace bare except: with CatchableError across storage, query, Raft,
backup, and protocol code so Defects are not swallowed. Break uncollectable
ARC cycles in server shard/gossip callbacks via Server-owned refs and
cursor locals. Align package license with LICENSE (BSD-3-Clause), sync
README version, and point test_all at the canonical clients/nim baradb
client (parseConnectionString + aliases).

clients/nim/README.md

@@ -217,4 +217,4 @@ See `examples/ormin_basic.nim` for a full sample.
 
 ## License
 
-Apache-2.0
+BSD-3-Clause

clients/nim/baradb.nimble

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 version       = "1.2.0"
 author        = "BaraDB Team"
 description   = "Official Nim client for BaraDB — async binary protocol client"
-license       = "Apache-2.0"
+license       = "BSD-3-Clause"
 srcDir        = "src"
 
 # Dependencies — only Nim stdlib, no server code

clients/nim/src/baradb/client.nim

@@ -92,6 +92,26 @@ proc newClient*(config: ClientConfig = defaultConfig()): BaraClient =
     sendLock: initAsyncLock(),
   )
 
+# Aliases for older call sites / server test suite
+proc defaultClientConfig*(): ClientConfig {.inline.} = defaultConfig()
+proc newBaraClient*(config: ClientConfig = defaultConfig()): BaraClient {.inline.} =
+  newClient(config)
+
+proc parseConnectionString*(connStr: string): ClientConfig =
+  ## Parse space-separated key=value pairs (libpq-style subset).
+  result = defaultConfig()
+  for part in connStr.split(" "):
+    let kv = part.split("=", 1)
+    if kv.len == 2:
+      case kv[0].toLowerAscii()
+      of "host": result.host = kv[1]
+      of "port": result.port = parseInt(kv[1])
+      of "database", "dbname": result.database = kv[1]
+      of "user", "username": result.username = kv[1]
+      of "password", "pass": result.password = kv[1]
+      of "connect_timeout", "timeout": result.timeoutMs = parseInt(kv[1])
+      else: discard
+
 proc nextId*(client: BaraClient): uint32 =
   inc client.requestId
   client.requestId