v0.16.2

xorbitsai/inferencev0.16.2Nov 1, 2024by XprobeBot

AI Summary

This release introduces OpenMind Hub download support and drops Python 3.8 support in favor of Python 3.12, alongside bug fixes for rerank models and documentation updates.

Key Highlights

Added download support from OpenMind Hub.
Removed Python 3.8 support to support Python 3.12.
Fixed BGE-reranker-v2-minicpm-layerwise rerank issues.

New Features

add download from openmind_hub

Full Release Notes

# What's new in 0.16.2 (2024-11-01)
These are the changes in inference v0.16.2.
## New features
* FEAT: add download from openmind_hub by @cookieyyds in https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/pull/2504
## Enhancements
* BLD: Remove Python 3.8 & Support Python 3.12 by @ChengjieLi28 in https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/pull/2503
## Bug fixes
* BUG: fix bge-reranker-v2-minicpm-layerwise rerank issue by @hustyichi in https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/pull/2495
## Documentation
* DOC: modify NPU doc by @qinxuye in https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/pull/2485
* DOC: Add doc for ocr by @codingl2k1 in https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/pull/2492

## New Contributors
* @hustyichi made their first contribution in https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/pull/2495
* @cookieyyds made their first contribution in https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/pull/2504

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/compare/v0.16.1...v0.16.2