Let’s demonstrate that Node.js 16 pass the tests

[cclauss]

Please Squash and merge to consolidate all the commits.

Recommendations:

• Do not run npm test
• macOS and Ubuntu: Node.js v20.x and Python 3.12
• Windows: Node.js v16.x and Python 3.11 -- Do not run node-gyp rebuild

Lessons learned:

1. Node.js >= v21 fails
2. Node.js >= 18 fails on Windows
3. Python >= 3.12 fails on Node.js 16 because of distlib fixed in node-gyp v10.0
4. npm test fails with: npm ERR! Missing script: "test"
5. node-gyp rebuild fails on Node.js 16