Add vtracer-py: Python bindings with a rich API

New crates/vtracer-py (pyo3 + maturin, abi3) wrapping the vtracer framework.
Rather than a thin CLI-style wrapper, it exposes a mutable `Config` class with
named properties and `bw`/`poster`/`photo` preset constructors, plus three
input paths — `convert_file`, `convert_bytes` (encoded image, optional format),
and `convert_pixels` (raw RGBA8) — available as `Config` methods and
module-level functions. Palette is a list of `#rrggbb` strings; bad inputs
raise ValueError.

The core crate stays pure: image decoding lives here. The crate is excluded
from the cargo workspace (pyo3 extension-module cdylibs don't link libpython,
which breaks `cargo test` at the root) and is built with maturin. Ships a
vtracer.pyi type stub. README updated.
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@@ -124,12 +124,28 @@ cargo add vtracer
### Python Library
Since `0.6`, [`vtracer`](https://pypi.org/project/vtracer/) is also packaged as Python native extensions, thanks to the awesome [pyo3](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3) project.
[`vtracer`](https://pypi.org/project/vtracer/) is also packaged as a Python native extension (built with [pyo3](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3) + [maturin](https://www.maturin.rs), from the `crates/vtracer-py` crate).
```sh
pip install vtracer
```
```python
import vtracer
# one-liners
vtracer.convert_file("in.png", "out.svg")
svg = vtracer.convert_bytes(open("in.png", "rb").read())
# rich, reusable config + presets
cfg = vtracer.Config(mode="polygon", hierarchical="cutout")
cfg.palette = ["#1b1b1b", "#e0c088", "#5a7d3c"]
svg = cfg.convert_bytes(data)
vtracer.Config.poster().convert_file("photo.jpg", "poster.svg")
```
See [`crates/vtracer-py`](crates/vtracer-py/README.md) for the full API.
## Citations
VTracer has since been cited by a few academic papers in computer graphics / vision research. Please kindly let us know if you have cited our work: