chore(main): release 1.11.0

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1.11.0 (2025-04-16)

Features

• Add support for model_selection_config to GenerateContentConfig (fdb0662)
• Introduce json_schema quick accessor in Schema class to convert Google's Schema class into JSONSchema class. (6e55222)
• Support audio transcription in Vertex Live API (9678aba)
• Support configuring the underlying httpx client by allowing the caller to pass client arguments via HttpOptions. (5130e0a)
• Support RealtimeInputConfig, and language_code in SpeechConfig in python (807f098)
• Support user passing in async function to async generate_content and async generate_content_stream for automatic function calling (33d190a)
• Update VertexRagStore (c4558e5)

Bug Fixes

• Get SSL_CERT_FILE or SSL_CERT_DIR environment variables for proper SSL handshake in API client. They are not automatically retrieved in httpx (5782a5f)
• Update tests to use the pro 2.5 model gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 (fde4a8a)

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