MQT QCEC 2.7.0 Release

👀 What Changed

This release brings a couple of usability improvements along with quite some project configuration updates.
Most notably, it marks the first release to ship Python 3.13 wheels (including the free-threading variant).

🚀 Features and Enhancements

• ✨ Python 3.13 Support @burgholzer (#430)
• 🚸 introduce importlib.resources compatibility module @burgholzer (#414)
• 🚸 add configurable repo owner for mqt-core dependency @burgholzer (#412)
• 🚸 better results reporting @burgholzer (#387)
• ✨⚡🍱 new optimization pass, better application strategies, new gate profiles @burgholzer (#385)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• 🩹 fix MQT Core update workflow @burgholzer (#435)
• 🐛 Fix strip idle qubits @TeWas (#394)

📄 Documentation

• 🍱 MQT Branding @burgholzer (#392)

🤖 CI

• ⬆️ update mqt-workflows to v1.3 (moving tag) @burgholzer (#438)
• 🩹 fix MQT Core update workflow @burgholzer (#435)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit config @burgholzer (#434)
• 📦 add artifact attestation @burgholzer (#419)
• 🧱 include MQT Core via FetchContent instead of as a submodule @burgholzer (#407)
• ⚡🔧 Faster cibuildwheel and better Windows wheel repair @burgholzer (#405)
• ⬆️ update to mqt-workflows==1.0.1 @burgholzer (#400)
• ⬆️ update black version in blacken-docs @burgholzer (#399)
• 🧱 switch to dedicated reusable MQT workflows @burgholzer (#396)
• 👷⬆️ update reusable workflows @burgholzer (#389)

📦 Packaging

• ⬆️ update to scikit-build-core 0.10 @burgholzer (#436)
• ✨ Python 3.13 Support @burgholzer (#430)
• ⚡ only build bindings target for Python package @burgholzer (#418)
• 📦 add artifact attestation @burgholzer (#419)
• 📦 smaller Python wheels @burgholzer (#397)

🧹 Code Quality

• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit config @burgholzer (#434)
• 🚨 Fix new warnings revealed by clang-tidy 18 @burgholzer (#401)
• 🎨 Code format and linting config update @burgholzer (#408)
• ✨⚡🍱 new optimization pass, better application strategies, new gate profiles @burgholzer (#385)

⬆️ Dependencies

36 changes

• ⬆️ update mqt-workflows to v1.3 (moving tag) @burgholzer (#438)
• ⬆️ Update cda-tum/mqt-core @github-actions (#437)
• ⬆️ update to scikit-build-core 0.10 @burgholzer (#436)
• 🩹 fix MQT Core update workflow @burgholzer (#435)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit config @burgholzer (#434)
• Bump cda-tum/mqt-workflows from 1.1.5 to 1.2.1 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#433)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#431)
• Update sphinx requirement from ~=7.0 to >=7 in the python-dependencies group @dependabot (#429)
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.3.3 to 1.4.0 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#428)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#427)
• Bump cda-tum/mqt-workflows from 1.1.4 to 1.1.5 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#426)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#425)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#423)
• Bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.3.2 to 1.3.3 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#422)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#421)
• Bump cda-tum/mqt-workflows from 1.1.3 to 1.1.4 in the github-actions group @dependabot (#420)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#417)
• ⬆️ Update cda-tum/mqt-core @github-actions (#416)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#413)
• 🚸 add configurable repo owner for mqt-core dependency @burgholzer (#412)
• 🧱 include MQT Core via FetchContent instead of as a submodule @burgholzer (#407)
• ⚡🔧 Faster cibuildwheel and better Windows wheel repair @burgholzer (#405)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#406)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#404)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#403)
• Bump extern/mqt-core from 5f27ae7 to 4db8776 in the submodules group @dependabot (#402)
• ⬆️ update to mqt-workflows==1.0.1 @burgholzer (#400)
• ⬆️ update black version in blacken-docs @burgholzer (#399)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#398)
• 🧱 switch to dedicated reusable MQT workflows @burgholzer (#396)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#395)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#393)
• Bump extern/mqt-core from 5f88f68 to 8fbfaa5 in the submodules group @dependabot (#391)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#390)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#388)
• ⬆️🪝 update pre-commit hooks @pre-commit-ci (#386)

Full Changelog: v2.6.0...v2.7.0