[ANN] wxRuby3 v1.70 released

[mcorino]

This is a major upgrade providing support for additional platforms, classes, improvements, bugfixes and last but not
least an upgrade to target the new wxWidgets 3.2.10 and 3.3.2 releases.

What's Changed

• target wxWidgets 3.3.2 release by default
• add support for Ruby 4
• added verified support (CI builds) for latest stable wxWidgets 3.2.x version (currently 3.2.10)
• add support for MacOS 26 (both ARM64 and AMD64)
• update support for latest Linux platforms
• add support for building with SWIG >= 4.4.0
• add support for wxDisplay (Wx::Display) class
• add support for wxRichToolTip (Wx::RichToolTip)
• add support for wxGenericCalendarCtrl (Wx::GenericCalendarCtrl)
• add support for Wx::TraybarIcon::GetPopupMenu
• expand Wx::GenericValidator support
• migrate test suite from Test::Unit to Minitest
• additional sample code and tests
• various bugfixes and (stability) improvements

Note: With the release of the Ruby 4.x series it has become time to deprecate support for Ruby 2.x. This release will
the last release to support Ruby versions < 3.0.

Full Changelog: v1.6.1...v1.7.0

This release targets the wxWidgets 3.3.2 version.

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

OS / distro	Architecture	Ruby version
Windows	x86_64	RubyInstaller 4.0.x
Mac OS 14	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
Mac OS 15	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
Mac OS 15	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
Mac OS 26	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
Mac OS 26	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
Debian 12	x86_64	Ruby 3.1.x
Debian 12	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
Debian 12	Arm64	Ruby 3.1.x
Debian 12	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
Debian 13	x86_64	Ruby 3.3.x
Debian 13	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
Debian 13	Arm64	Ruby 3.3.x
Debian 13	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
Fedora 42	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
Fedora 42	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
Fedora 42	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
Fedora 42	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
Fedora 43	x86_64	Ruby 3.4.x
Fedora 43	Arm64	Ruby 3.4.x
Fedora 43	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
Fedora 43	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
LinuxMint 22.3	x86_64	Ruby 3.2.x
LinuxMint 22.3	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
OpenSuSE 15.6	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
OpenSuSE 15.6	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
OpenSuSE 16.0	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
OpenSuSE 16.0	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
Ubuntu 22.04	x86_64	Ruby 3.0.x
Ubuntu 22.04	Arm64	Ruby 3.0.x
Ubuntu 22.04	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
Ubuntu 22.04	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.x
Ubuntu 24.04	x86_64	Ruby 3.2.x
Ubuntu 24.04	Arm64	Ruby 3.2.x
Ubuntu 24.04	x86_64	Ruby 4.0.x
Ubuntu 24.04	Arm64	Ruby 4.0.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