chore: bump version to 0.19.0rc0 (NVIDIA#3514)

* chore: bump version to 0.19.0.rc0

Signed-off-by: ZhanruiSunCh <[email protected]>

* Update README

Signed-off-by: ZhanruiSunCh <[email protected]>

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Signed-off-by: ZhanruiSunCh <[email protected]>

Author: ZhanruiSunCh

README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ TensorRT-LLM
 [![python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10-green)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-31012/)
 [![cuda](https://img.shields.io/badge/cuda-12.8.0-green)](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads)
 [![trt](https://img.shields.io/badge/TRT-10.8.0-green)](https://developer.nvidia.com/tensorrt)
-[![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-0.19.0.dev-green)](./tensorrt_llm/version.py)
+[![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-0.19.0rc-green)](./tensorrt_llm/version.py)
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202-blue)](./LICENSE)
 
 [Architecture](./docs/source/torch/arch_overview.md)   |   [Performance](./docs/source/performance/perf-overview.md)   |   [Examples](https://nvidia.github.io/TensorRT-LLM/quick-start-guide.html)   |   [Documentation](./docs/source/)   |   [Roadmap](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gycPmtdh7uUcH6laOvW65Dbp9F1McUkGDIcAyjicBZs/edit?usp=sharing)

examples/constraints.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-tensorrt_llm==0.19.0.dev2025041500
+tensorrt_llm==0.19.0.rc0
 evaluate~=0.4.1
 rouge_score~=0.1.2

tensorrt_llm/version.py

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-__version__ = "0.19.0.dev2025041500"
+__version__ = "0.19.0.rc0"