llmff v0.1.2

Release-candidate package for the first GitHub Release asset workflow. This
release keeps the source-build install path and adds CI-built packaged
artifacts and release publication from main.

Supported Install

cargo install --git https://github.com/syndicalt/llmff --tag v0.1.2 llmff

Packaged Artifacts

Release-tag CI is expected to publish:

• Linux x86_64 .tar.gz archive, .deb package, and Arch PKGBUILD plus
  llmff-0.1.2-arch.SRCINFO metadata.
• macOS Apple Silicon and Intel .tar.gz archives and unsigned .pkg
  installers.
• Windows x86_64 unsigned .zip archive and unsigned MSI installer.
• Adjacent SHA-256 checksums for generated binary artifacts.

Manual workflow dispatch keeps generated files as Actions artifacts instead of
GitHub Release assets.

Included Since v0.1.1

• CI-built binary archives for Linux, macOS Apple Silicon, macOS Intel, and
  Windows.
• Debian package generation and smoke testing.
• Arch package metadata generation.
• Windows MSI packaging and smoke testing.
• macOS .pkg packaging and smoke testing.
• GitHub Release creation and asset upload from tag-triggered artifact jobs.
• Stage, backend, and runtime model metadata commands for scripts and wrappers.
• Runtime model inventory through llmff models list --format json.
• Plugin discovery and stdin/stdout plugin execution for stage, tool transport,
  backend, and sampler extension points.
• Streaming lifecycle events and selected-stage streaming from the CLI.
• Local embedding retrieval, command retrieval providers, deterministic rerank,
  command rerank providers, and persistent local embedding indexes.
• OpenAI-compatible base URL normalization for server roots and /v1 API roots.

Known Limitations

• This is a pipeline runner, not a native inference kernel, model converter, or
  serving platform.
• Windows and macOS native artifacts are unsigned in this release.
• Arch Linux support is package metadata for an AUR-style flow, not an official
  repository package.
• Package-manager distribution through Homebrew, winget, Scoop, apt
  repositories, or an official AUR package is not included yet.
• Real-provider examples remain intentionally minimal; the deterministic mock
  examples are still the primary offline smoke path.

Verification

Release verification should pass before tagging:

scripts/release-preflight.sh v0.1.2
scripts/smoke-install.sh --git https://github.com/syndicalt/llmff --tag v0.1.2