* ggerganov/master: (72 commits)
  ci : use selective copy for musa image (ggml-org#3296)
  ci: set fail-fast to false in docker.yml (ggml-org#3294)
  ruby : add Whisper::VERSION (ggml-org#3292)
  whisper : add version function (ggml-org#3289)
  ci : add should_release variable (ggml-org#3288)
  docs : add cmake "-j" flag in README.md (ggml-org#3284)
  ci : add support for tag-based releases (ggml-org#3287)
  release : v1.7.6
  bench : update benches
  bench : print system info before ctx check
  stream : add nullptr check of whisper_context (ggml-org#3283)
  ci : enable main-cuda build (ggml-org#3282)
  bindings.java : update java example (ggml-org#3281)
  coreml : backport CoreML features to macos < 14 (ggml-org#3255)
  ci : reduce musa image size (ggml-org#3277)
  whisper : add .gitignore entries for OpenVINO support (ggml-org#3276)
  command: output commands to text file (ggml-org#3273)
  ci : add apt-get clean to musa Dockerfile (ggml-org#3275)
  ruby : specify Apple frameworks explicitly on build (ggml-org#3270)
  talk-llama : sync llama.cpp
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