ProjectQ

Added

• New backend for the Azure Quantum platform

Changed

• Support for Python 3.6 and earlier is now deprecated
• Moved package metadata into pyproject.toml

Fixed

• Fixed installation on Apple Silicon with older Python versions (< 3.9)

Repository

• Update docker/setup-qemu-action GitHub action to v2
• Fixed CentOS 7 configuration issue
• Added two new pr...

Fixed

• Fixed IonQ dynamic backends fetch, which relied on an incorrect path.

Changed

• Added IonQ dynamic backends fetch.

Repository

• Fix issues with building on CentOS 7 & 8
• Update pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks to v4.2.0
• Update Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks hook to v1.1.13
• Update flake8 hook to v4.0.1
• Update pylint hook to v3.0.0a4
• Update black hook to v22.3.0
• Update check-manifest to v0.48

Added

• Added environment variable to avoid -march=native when building ProjectQ
• Added environment variable to force build failure if extensions do not compile on CI

Changed

Deprecated

Fixed

• Fix compiler flags cleanup function for use on CI
• Fix workflow YAML to allow execution of GitHub Actions locally using act
• GitHub action using deprecated and vulnerable...

Added

• UnitarySimulator backend for computing the unitary transformation corresponding to a quantum circuit

Changed

• Moved some exceptions classes into their own files to avoid code duplication

Deprecated

Fixed

• Prevent infinite recursion errors when too many compiler engines are added to the MainEngine
• Error in testing the decomposition for the phase estimation...