Release v1.13.0: Maintenance

This is a maintenance release that updates dependencies and updates the python project description.

What's Changed

• Bump extern/qfr from 091d869 to d550522 by @dependabot in #122
• Bump extern/qfr from d550522 to ef83c0f by @dependabot in #124
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.9.0 to 2.10.0 by @dependabot in #125
• Bump extern/qfr from ef83c0f to ae0b7c0 by @dependabot in #126
• Bump sphinx from 5.1.1 to 5.2.2 by @dependabot in #133
• Bump extern/cxxopts from a10bd52 to 2e3c699 by @dependabot in #132
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.10.0 to 2.10.2 by @dependabot in #131
• Bump extern/qfr from ae0b7c0 to 8232c4c by @dependabot in #130
• Bump sphinx from 5.2.2 to 5.2.3 by @dependabot in #135
• Bump extern/qfr from 8232c4c to ca6da01 by @dependabot in #134
• Update qiskit-terra requirement from <0.22.0,>=0.19.2 to >=0.19.2,<0.23.0 by @dependabot in #138
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.10.2 to 2.11.1 by @dependabot in #137
• Bump extern/qfr from ca6da01 to 76dfda6 by @dependabot in #136
• Bump sphinx from 5.2.3 to 5.3.0 by @dependabot in #140
• Bump extern/qfr from 76dfda6 to 6b897ff by @dependabot in #139
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.11.1 to 2.11.2 by @dependabot in #143
• Bump extern/taskflow from a0328bf to a6c6244 by @dependabot in #141
• Bump extern/qfr from 6b897ff to 78a3608 by @dependabot in #142
• Added Support for Versioning in Archives by @hillmich in #145
• Bump sphinx-rtd-theme from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0 by @dependabot in #149
• Bump extern/cxxopts from 2e3c699 to f087dc8 by @dependabot in #146
• Bump extern/taskflow from a6c6244 to 9f8b816 by @dependabot in #148
• Bump extern/qfr from 78a3608 to 64aa806 by @dependabot in #147
• Bump sphinx-rtd-theme from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 by @dependabot in #153
• Bump extern/taskflow from 9f8b816 to 1b0dc86 by @dependabot in #151
• Bump extern/cxxopts from f087dc8 to 1dcb44e by @dependabot in #152
• Bump extern/qfr from 64aa806 to 41f9809 by @dependabot in #150
• Bump sphinx-copybutton from 0.5.0 to 0.5.1 by @dependabot in #156
• Bump extern/taskflow from 1b0dc86 to a7bde2f by @dependabot in #155
• Bump extern/qfr from 41f9809 to c7679b6 by @dependabot in #154
• Bump DoozyX/clang-format-lint-action from 0.14 to 0.15 by @dependabot in #157
• Bump extern/qfr from c7679b6 to e5f4189 by @dependabot in #158
• Bump extern/taskflow from a7bde2f to 3c97c90 by @dependabot in #159
• Bump extern/qfr from e5f4189 to 64a8919 by @dependabot in #160
• Bump extern/taskflow from 3c97c90 to 6633a09 by @dependabot in #162
• Bump extern/qfr from 64a8919 to 888d44a by @dependabot in #164
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.11.2 to 2.11.3 by @dependabot in #163
• Bump extern/cxxopts from 1dcb44e to e9d20c2 by @dependabot in #165
• Add CodeQL workflow for GitHub code scanning by @lgtm-com in #161
• Logo in README by @hillmich in #166
• Move Python Information to pyproject.toml by @hillmich in #167

New Contributors

• @lgtm-com made their first contribution in #161

Full Changelog: v1.12.3...v1.13.0

Release v1.12.3: Noise-Aware Simulation

This release includes noise-aware simulation as well as quite a lot of updates on the dependencies.

What's Changed

• Bump sphinx from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 by @dependabot in #88
• Bump extern/cxxopts from 5f72b52 to a70771a by @dependabot in #87
• Bump extern/qfr from eca6a38 to 24b00a9 by @dependabot in #86
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0 by @dependabot in #92
• Bump extern/qfr from 24b00a9 to 92bbd82 by @dependabot in #91
• Update qiskit-terra requirement from <0.21.0,>=0.19.2 to >=0.19.2,<0.22.0 by @dependabot in #95
• Bump extern/qfr from 92bbd82 to 177f469 by @dependabot in #94
• Integrate changes of noise aware simulation by @33Gjl1Xe in #85
• adding pdf link to the references by @33Gjl1Xe in #96
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0 by @dependabot in #99
• Bump extern/qfr from fa019ea to e42fc32 by @dependabot in #97
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1 by @dependabot in #103
• Bump extern/cxxopts from a70771a to a6bfe2d by @dependabot in #104
• Bump extern/qfr from e42fc32 to fd0cada by @dependabot in #102
• Bump sphinx from 5.0.2 to 5.1.1 by @dependabot in #108
• Bump extern/taskflow from 96620cc to a757aa5 by @dependabot in #109
• Bump extern/cxxopts from a6bfe2d to 2abdd4a by @dependabot in #107
• Bump extern/qfr from fd0cada to 029239c by @dependabot in #106
• Bump extern/cxxopts from 2abdd4a to 96e72f7 by @dependabot in #110
• Bump extern/qfr from 029239c to c983525 by @dependabot in #111
• Bump extern/qfr from c983525 to 8f1d73b by @dependabot in #112
• Bump extern/cxxopts from 96e72f7 to 17b2c91 by @dependabot in #114
• Bump extern/taskflow from a757aa5 to 4f4f24c by @dependabot in #115
• Bump extern/cxxopts from 17b2c91 to a10bd52 by @dependabot in #116
• Bump extern/taskflow from 4f4f24c to a0328bf by @dependabot in #117
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.8.1 to 2.9.0 by @dependabot in #113
• Bump extern/qfr from 8f1d73b to efb9b44 by @dependabot in #118
• Bump sphinxcontrib-bibtex from 2.4.2 to 2.5.0 by @dependabot in #121
• Bump extern/qfr from efb9b44 to 091d869 by @dependabot in #120

Full Changelog: v1.12.2...v1.12.3

Release v1.12.2: Update Submodules

This is a small bugfix release including updates to submodules and automatic versioning from git tags.

What's Changed

• Bump extern/qfr from 41227dd to e13d0a8 by @dependabot in #65
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.4.0 to 2.5.0 by @dependabot in #66
• Bump extern/qfr from e13d0a8 to b38fe5f by @dependabot in #68
• Bump extern/cxxopts from 8185e6b to 5f72b52 by @dependabot in #70
• Bump extern/qfr from b38fe5f to 554a6e4 by @dependabot in #69
• Bump extern/qfr from 554a6e4 to 23a94fc by @dependabot in #71
• 🐛 fix editable installs by @burgholzer in #72
• 🐛 Fix segfault for empty circuit in PathSimulator by @burgholzer in #73
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.5.0 to 2.6.0 by @dependabot in #75
• Bump extern/taskflow from 8ec5f37 to f25503b by @dependabot in #74
• Bump extern/taskflow from f25503b to c8b1715 by @dependabot in #77
• Bump DoozyX/clang-format-lint-action from 0.13 to 0.14 by @dependabot in #78
• Bump sphinx from 4.5.0 to 5.0.1 by @dependabot in #79
• Bump extern/qfr from 23a94fc to 0f2d1c2 by @dependabot in #76
• Bump actions/setup-python from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #80
• Bump extern/taskflow from c8b1715 to 96620cc by @dependabot in #83
• Bump extern/qfr from 0f2d1c2 to eca6a38 by @dependabot in #82
• Automatic Versioning for Releases by @hillmich in #84

Full Changelog: v1.12.1...v1.12.2

Release v1.12.1: Update Submodules and Documentation

This release includes support for the new dd_package interface with templated dd::Package and some updates to the documentation.

What's Changed

• Updated submodules
• Added support for new interface in dd_package
• Updated documention links to MQT

Full Changelog: v1.12.0...v1.12.1

Release v1.12.0: Build wheels for Apple Silicon

Starting with this release, we are able to offer wheels for Apple Silicon via PyPI.

What's Changed

• Remove OpenMP dependency and use taskflow instead
• Build Apple Silicon wheels

Full Changelog: v1.11.3...v1.12.0

Release v1.11.3: Improved CI Workflow

This release improves the workflow for building wheels and drops support for python3.6.

What's Changed

• Pruned directories from external submodules in MANIFEST.in to reduce size of sdist to below one megabyte.
• Use ninja as generator target on supported plattforms in setup.py to improve wheel build times
• Stop building wheels for python3.6 as it's eol since a couple months

Full Changelog: v1.11.2...v1.11.3

Release v1.11.2: Bugfix and Documentation

This release is for fixing a bug that caused problems finding DLLs under Windows and for a more elaborate documation.

What's Changed

• Fixed bug on finding DLLs on Windows due to relative imports
• Extended documentation to include examples for installation on different OS with pip (to be extended further)

Full Changelog: v1.11.1...v1.11.2

Release v1.11.1: Bugfix Release

This release is mainly for fixing a bug that prevented the project to be built under Apple Silicon Macs.

What's Changed

• Create Readable Documentation by @hillmich in #39
• Bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in #43
• Bump sphinx-copybutton from 0.4.0 to 0.5.0 by @dependabot in #44
• Bump extern/taskflow from 0ca3b26 to 31699d7 by @dependabot in #45
• Fixes for Apple Silicon by @burgholzer in #48

Full Changelog: v1.11.0...v1.11.1

Release v1.11.0: Path Simulation Framework

This release adds the path simulation framework proposed in

L. Burgholzer, A.Ploier, and R. Wille, "Exploiting Arbitrary Paths for the Simulation of Quantum Circuits with Decision Diagrams," in Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2022.

To this end, two new Qiskit backends are introduced: the path_sim_qasm_simulator and the path_sim_statevector_simulator.
For further details, see the README and the corresponding paper.

Release v1.10.0: Updated Dependencies

Highlights:

• Got rid of boost program-options dependency in favor of cxxopts
• Create dependabot.yml for submodules, github-actions, and pip
• Made shots option optional in qiskit backends (default value 1024)

Smaller changers:

• Versionbump to v1.10.0
• Added files to .gitignore
• Updated README to remove mentions of boost
• Updated CIBUILDWHEEL version
• Added Pyproject.toml
• Tests for cpython3.10 since qiskit-terra supports this now