chore(release): prepare v0.17.0

Minor on the stable line. Faster Whisper and Parakeet extras, Speech Model simple setup, Snap uinput, Flatpak bundles on the tag, and QA fixes from the release branch.

Fixes tracked in the PR. Post-release follow-ups: #834.

tests/test_whispercpp_variant_resolution.py

@@ -225,15 +225,13 @@ def test_unpinned_plain_en_id_still_follows_english(
     assert dialog_class._resolve_saved_whispercpp_variant(dialog, "medium.en") == "medium.en"
 
 
-def test_unpinned_quantized_en_id_is_kept_as_legacy(
+def test_unpinned_quantized_en_id_follows_a_non_english_language(
     settings_dialog: Any, dialog_class: Any
 ) -> None:
-    """``{size}.en-q*`` is a real leftover specialization, not a language default."""
+    """``{size}.en-q*`` cannot transcribe Polish; use the multilingual sibling."""
     dialog = _dialog_stub(settings_dialog, "pl")
 
-    assert (
-        dialog_class._resolve_saved_whispercpp_variant(dialog, "medium.en-q5_0") == "medium.en-q5_0"
-    )
+    assert dialog_class._resolve_saved_whispercpp_variant(dialog, "medium.en-q5_0") == "medium-q5_0"
 
 
 def test_unpinned_save_of_derived_en_persists_bare_size_and_rederives() -> None:
@@ -271,6 +269,20 @@ def test_leftover_en_in_model_size_does_not_block_language_switch() -> None:
     assert manager.get_model_size_for_engine("whisper_cpp") == "medium"
 
 
+def test_english_only_pin_does_not_block_a_non_english_language() -> None:
+    """A leftover English-only pin must not trap Polish on those weights."""
+    manager = ConfigManager()
+    manager.config["speech_recognition"]["whisper_cpp_model_size"] = "medium"
+    manager.config["speech_recognition"]["whisper_cpp_model_variant"] = "medium.en"
+    manager.config["speech_recognition"]["language"] = "pl"
+
+    assert manager.get_model_size_for_engine("whisper_cpp") == "medium"
+    assert resolve_whispercpp_variant("medium.en", "medium.en", "pl") == "medium"
+    assert resolve_whispercpp_variant("medium.en", "medium.en", "auto") == "medium"
+    assert resolve_whispercpp_variant("medium.en-q5_0", "medium.en-q5_0", "fr") == "medium-q5_0"
+    assert resolve_whispercpp_variant("medium.en", "medium.en", "en-us") == "medium.en"
+
+
 def test_pinned_save_persists_the_full_variant() -> None:
     """A deliberate pin still stores the loadable id so the engine loads it."""
     manager = ConfigManager()