QECC 1.8.0 Release

👀 What Changed

This is the first release that brings official Windows support 🎉 and ships corresponding wheels 🛞🐍
It also marks the switch to the reusable MQT workflows, which means that s390x, aarch64, and ppc64le wheels come for free now as well.
Along the way, a couple of bugs have been fixed that only manifested on Windows and the project configuration has been updated.
This release also ships free-threaded 3.13 wheels.

🚀 Features and Enhancements

• 🏁 Windows Support @burgholzer (#266)
• Add representation for general stabilizer codes to the python side. @pehamTom (#278)

🤖 CI

• 🏁 Windows Support @burgholzer (#266)

⬆️ Dependencies

• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#280)
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#279)

Full Changelog: v1.7.2...v1.8.0

QECC 1.7.2 Release

👀 What Changed

This small release mainly improves the usage of mqt-qecc under Python 3.12 via an update of the ldpc dependency.
It also enables compatibility with numpy 2.0.
Furthermore, it contains a couple of fixes for the fault-tolerant state preparation functionality.

🚀 Features and Enhancements

• 🔥 Remove ldpc C++ dependency @lucasberent (#271)
• ✨ Infrastructure Update without Windows Support @burgholzer (#270)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• ⬆️ update ldpc with numpy 2 and Python 3.12+ support @burgholzer (#277)
• 🐛 Fix z-correction in some Circuits @pehamTom (#273)
• 🐛 Fix incorrect placement of z-errors @pehamTom (#272)

🤖 CI

• ✨ Infrastructure Update without Windows Support @burgholzer (#270)

📦 Packaging

• ✨ Infrastructure Update without Windows Support @burgholzer (#270)

🧹 Code Quality

• ✨ Infrastructure Update without Windows Support @burgholzer (#270)

⬆️ Dependencies

• ⬆️ update ldpc with numpy 2 and Python 3.12+ support @burgholzer (#277)
• 🔥 Remove ldpc C++ dependency @lucasberent (#271)
• ✨ Infrastructure Update without Windows Support @burgholzer (#270)

Full Changelog: v1.7.1...v1.7.2

QECC 1.7.1 Release

👀 What Changed

This patch release contains a couple of quick fixes for the FTSP functionality.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix circuit errors @pehamTom (#268)
• Fix small code bugs for FT Stateprep @pehamTom (#267)

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.7.1

QECC 1.7.0 Release

👀 What Changed

This release mostly introduces the fault-tolerant state preparation proposed in https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.11894 and implemented in #234.
It also marks the removal of the flint dependency from the project (in #250), which paves the way for pre-built Windows wheels. These will come in a follow-up release.

🚀 Features and Enhancements

• Ftsp bench @pehamTom (#246)
• 🚚 transfer the ECC framework code from MQT Core @burgholzer (#256)
• Bye flint @lucasberent (#250)
• Ftsp @pehamTom (#234)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Minor fixes to FTSP @pehamTom (#243)

⬆️ Dependencies

7 changes

• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#257)
• Bye flint @lucasberent (#250)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#254)
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.3.3 to 1.4.0 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#252)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#251)
• Bump cda-tum/mqt-workflows from 1.1.4 to 1.1.5 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#249)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#245)

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.7.0

QECC 1.6.0 Release

👀 What Changed

This is the first release in quite a while. Feature-wise, this release contains the analog information decoding functionality (see #183) for further details.
Structure-wise, this release contains an updated project structure and CI, including wheels for Apple Silicon chips.
This release is also fully compatible with Qiskit 1.0

🚀 Features and Enhancements

• ♻️ Modernize Project Structure @lucasberent (#216)
• ✨ Qiskit 1.0 support @lucasberent (#212)
• ✨ Analog information decoding @lucasberent (#183)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Restrict numpy to version < 2. @pehamTom (#236)

📄 Documentation

• 🍱 MQT Branding @burgholzer (#222)
• 🩹 📝 removes the hmtl_baseurl setting from RtD config @burgholzer (#173)

🤖 CI

• 🔧👷 properly exclude build directory from CodeQL @burgholzer (#242)
• ♻️ Modernize Project Structure @lucasberent (#216)
• ⬆️ update black version in blacken-docs @burgholzer (#230)

📦 Packaging

• ⬆️ update pybind version @lucasberent (#215)

🧹 Code Quality

• 🚨 add ruff formatter @lucasberent (#181)

⬆️ Dependencies

32 changes

• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#241)
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.3.2 to 1.3.3 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#240)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#239)
• ♻️ Modernize Project Structure @lucasberent (#216)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#237)
• Restrict numpy to version < 2. @pehamTom (#236)
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.18 to 2.19 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#233)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#232)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#229)
• Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.17 to 2.18 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#228)
• ⬆️ update black version in blacken-docs @burgholzer (#230)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#226)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#225)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#220)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#217)
• ⬆️ Bump the python-dependencies group with 1 update @dependabot (#203)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#198)
• ⬆️ Bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates @dependabot (#214)
• Qiskit 1.0 @lucasberent (#212)
• ⬆️ Bump the github-actions group with 1 update @dependabot (#194)
• ⬆️ Bump the github-actions group with 1 update @dependabot (#197)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#196)
• ⬆️ Bump the submodules group with 1 update @dependabot (#195)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#193)
• ⬆️ Bump the github-actions group with 1 update @dependabot (#192)
• ⬆️ Bump the github-actions group with 1 update @dependabot (#189)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#184)
• Adapt to latest Qiskit version @lucasberent (#185)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#177)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#176)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#175)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#174)

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.6.0

QECC 1.5.0 Release

👀 What Changed

This release brings a major overhaul of the Python packaging infrastructure and updates QECC to the latest mqt-core version.

🚀 Features and Enhancements

• ♻️ Refactor Packaging and part of CI @burgholzer (#171)

📄 Documentation

• ♻️ Refactor Packaging and part of CI @burgholzer (#171)

🤖 CI

• ♻️ Refactor Packaging and part of CI @burgholzer (#171)

📦 Packaging

• ♻️ Refactor Packaging and part of CI @burgholzer (#171)

⬆️ Dependencies

9 changes

• ♻️ Refactor Packaging and part of CI @burgholzer (#171)
• ⬆️ Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.15 to 2.16 @dependabot (#168)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#170)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#167)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#161)
• ⬆️ Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 @dependabot (#163)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#159)
• ⬆️ Bump extern/mqt-core from bc2d7d4 to 6c47062 @dependabot (#158)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#157)

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...v2.0.0

QECC 1.4.0 Release

👀 What Changed

This release brings two main updates to MQT QECC

• 🐍 Support for Python 3.12
• 🔧 Integration of the MQT Core library as the successor of the QFR library.

🚀 Features and Enhancements

• add cc-cache for C++ actions @lucasberent (#128)

📄 Documentation

• 📝 Prepare docs for new release @burgholzer (#156)

🤖 CI

• include py11 in ci and modernize file structure @lucasberent (#136)
• add cc-cache for C++ actions @lucasberent (#128)

📦 Packaging

• include py11 in ci and modernize file structure @lucasberent (#136)

⬆️ Dependencies

17 changes

• ⬆️ Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.14 to 2.15 @dependabot (#155)
• ⬆️ Bump extern/mqt-core from b1c49b9 to bc2d7d4 @dependabot (#154)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#152)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#146)
• ⬆️ Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.13 to 2.14 @dependabot (#149)
• ⬆️ Update Script Runner Test Dependency @burgholzer (#150)
• ⬆️ Update qiskit-aer requirement from <0.12.2,>=0.12.0 to >=0.12.0,<0.12.3 @dependabot (#148)
• ⬆️ Bump extern/mqt-core from 04b2082 to b1c49b9 @dependabot (#147)
• 🚚 Move to MQT Core package @burgholzer (#145)
• ⬆️ Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.13.0 to 2.13.1 @dependabot (#139)
• ⬆️ Update qiskit-aer requirement from <0.12.1,>=0.12.0 to >=0.12.0,<0.12.2 @dependabot (#140)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#137)
• ⬆️ Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.12.3 to 2.13.0 @dependabot (#134)
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from b250319 to 89412bc @dependabot (#132)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#129)
• add cc-cache for C++ actions @lucasberent (#128)
• ⬆️ Bump codecov/codecov-action from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4 @dependabot (#126)

Full Changelog: v1.3.1...v1.4.0

QECC 1.3.1 Release

👀 What Changed

🚀 Features and Enhancements

• ✨ add release drafter workflow and config @burgholzer (#124)
• ♻️ Simplify noise-aware simulation in ECC framework @burgholzer (#119)
• ✨ Added 4.8.8 color code @peter-janderks (#101)
• ✨ Use ruff for python linting @lucasberent (#104)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• 🩹 workaround for qiskit-aer and qiskit-terra raising a warning @burgholzer (#118)
• 🩹 Fix deprecation warnings related to qiskit-aer @33Gjl1Xe (#103)

🤖 CI

• 🔧 Fix upload action case style @burgholzer (#125)
• ✨ add release drafter workflow and config @burgholzer (#124)
• ✨ Use ruff for python linting @lucasberent (#104)

🧹 Code Quality

• ✅ Add an additional test to increase coverage @burgholzer (#123)

⬆️ Dependencies

17 changes

• 🔧 Fix upload action case style @burgholzer (#125)
• 🔥 Remove non-existing [toml] extra for pytest-cov @burgholzer (#122)
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from 3c47b6e to b250319 @dependabot (#120)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#117)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#114)
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from a17841c to 3c47b6e @dependabot (#111)
• ⬆️ Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.12.1 to 2.12.3 @dependabot (#112)
• ⬆️ Bump codecov/codecov-action from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 @dependabot (#113)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#110)
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from 2c345e4 to a17841c @dependabot (#108)
• ⬆️ Bump codecov/codecov-action from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2 @dependabot (#109)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#107)
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from 86a8676 to 2c345e4 @dependabot (#106)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#105)
• ✨ Use ruff for python linting @lucasberent (#104)
• 🩹 Fix deprecation warnings related to qiskit-aer @33Gjl1Xe (#103)
• update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#99)

Full Changelog: v1.3.0...v1.3.1

v1.3.0 Release: MaxSAT Color Code Decoder

This release incorporates the MaxSAT-based decoder for color codes, means to generate triangular color codes (using Hexagonal lattices) and means to conduct numerical simulations (logical error rate/threshold). This corresponds to the implementation ideas from https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.14237.

What's Changed

• update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #68
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from 5ae2f78 to abed672 by @dependabot in #69
• ⬆️ Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.11.4 to 2.12.0 by @dependabot in #70
• update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #71
• remove python 3.7 support by @lucasberent in #74
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from abed672 to 61543f8 by @dependabot in #75
• update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #73
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from 61543f8 to 585bc63 by @dependabot in #77
• update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #78
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from 585bc63 to 0fa1a9a by @dependabot in #79
• update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #80
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from 0fa1a9a to db082b6 by @dependabot in #82
• qiskit version cap + flint fix by @lucasberent in #93
• ⬆️ Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.12.0 to 2.12.1 by @dependabot in #88
• update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #85
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from db082b6 to 9dbdebc by @dependabot in #95
• ⬆️ Bump extern/qfr from 9dbdebc to 86a8676 by @dependabot in #96
• ✨ Add LightsOut Decoder by @lucasberent in #89
• fix zenodo link in readme by @lucasberent in #98
• 📝 Add arXiv link to documentation by @lucasberent in #100

Full Changelog: v1.2.1...v1.3.0
Authors: @burgholzer, @lucasberent, @peter-janderks

v1.2.1 Release: Small ECC Script Update

What's Changed

This release slightly updates the ECC wrapper script to make it easier to use (see #67 by @33Gjl1Xe)

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.2.1