[ANN] wxRuby3 v1.6.1 released

[mcorino]

This is a minor update to align wxRuby3 with the latest wxWidgets 3.3.1 release.

What's Changed

• target wxWidgets 3.3.1 release by default
• add support for latest wxWidgets persistence classes
• updates for latest VScrolled (template) class changes
• add missing Array support for Wx::Variant
• add extensive PropertyGrid testing
• minor bugfixes and improvements
• remove Ruby 2.5 support, make Ruby 2.7 minimally required version
• update wxWidgets master branch compatibility to at least commit 49c6810948f40c457e3d0848b9111627b5b61de5

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.6.1

This release targets the wxWidgets 3.3.1 version.

This release provides binary (prebuilt) install packages for the following platforms:

OS / distro	Architecture	Ruby version
Windows	x86_64	RubyInstaller 3.4.x
Mac OS 13	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
Mac OS 14	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
Mac OS 15	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
Debian 11	x86_64	Ruby 2.7.x
Debian 11	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
Debian 11	Arm64	Ruby 2.7.x
Debian 11	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
Debian 12	x86_64	Ruby 3.1.x
Debian 12	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
Debian 12	Arm64	Ruby 3.1.x
Debian 12	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
Fedora 41	x86_64	Ruby 3.3.x
Fedora 41	Arm64	Ruby 3.3.x
Fedora 41	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
Fedora 41	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
Fedora 42	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
Fedora 42	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
LinuxMint 22.1	x86_64	Ruby 3.2.x
LinuxMint 22.1	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
OpenSuSE 15.5	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
OpenSuSE 15.5	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
OpenSuSE 15.6	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
OpenSuSE 15.6	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
Ubuntu 22.04	x86_64	Ruby 3.0.x
Ubuntu 22.04	Arm64	Ruby 3.0.x
Ubuntu 22.04	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
Ubuntu 22.04	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
Ubuntu 24.04	x86_64	Ruby 3.2.x
Ubuntu 24.04	Arm64	Ruby 3.2.x
Ubuntu 24.04	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
Ubuntu 24.04	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x

How to install

gem install wxruby3

See the INSTALL documentation for more details.
Binary packages for major platforms are available as release assets on Github.

Where can I learn more?

Usage Documentation: see the Wiki

API Documentation: https://mcorino.github.io/wxRuby3/index.html

Source code: https://github.com/mcorino/wxruby3

Rubygems: https://rubygems.org/gems/wxruby3