Bump Whisper.net from 1.7.0 to 1.8.1

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Bumps Whisper.net from 1.7.0 to 1.8.1.

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v1.8.1

Fixes

This release represents 2 small fixes for:

• NoAVX Runtime was missing artifact on Windows
• Vulkan Runtime was crashing caused by stack overflow on some hardware

Changelog

• Preparing 1.8.1 by @​sandrohanea in sandrohanea/whisper.net#370
• Fixed vulkan build to remove GGML_VULKAN_COOPMAT_GLSLC_SUPPORT definition by @​sandrohanea in sandrohanea/whisper.net#373

Full Changelog: https://github.com/sandrohanea/whisper.net/compare/1.8.0...1.8.1

v1.8.0

Whisper.net 1.8.0 brings numerous improvements, breaking changes, and enhanced developer experience. Buckle up — this one's big.

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🔁 Versioning Change

Whisper.net follows semantic versioning.
Starting from version 1.8.0, Whisper.net no longer mirrors the versioning of whisper.cpp, which now uses commit-based versions (e.g., b2254, b2255).
To identify the whisper.cpp version used in a Whisper.net release, check the whisper.cpp submodule. The commit hash in the release tag maps directly to the whisper.cpp version.

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🛠 Breaking Changes

📦 WhisperGgmlDownloader is now instantiable

• No longer static. Introduced a WhisperGgmlDownloader.Default instance for default usage.
• Allows injecting custom HttpClient for authenticated/controlled requests (e.g., Hugging Face tokens).

Old usage:

await WhisperGgmlDownloader.GetGgmlModelAsync(...);

New usage:

await WhisperGgmlDownloader.Default.GetGgmlModelAsync(...);

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Commits

• b36b61d Fixed vulkan build to remove GGML_VULKAN_COOPMAT_GLSLC_SUPPORT definition (#...
• 7d96b27 Preparing 1.8.1 (#370)
• 6da0809 Preparing 1.8.0 (#363)
• 82ffabe Bump System.Memory and Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies (#367)
• 299c822 Bump Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug from 9.0.1 to 9.0.3 (#366)
• 7d5218c Bump Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.TestRunners.Xunit (#368)
• 006835b Bump Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces and Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemb...
• 571e7a3 Bump Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly in /examples (#360)
• 0bb080e Bump Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Server in /examples (#361)
• 53c1f3d Fix ConsoleLogging log level handling (#358)
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