Remove support for Python 3.9 (#200)

* Remove support for Python 3.9

* changelog

* vulnerable dependencies

* ooops

* vulnerable dependency

* retrigger ci

* try again

* happy now?

* clean slate

* try again

* add setuptools

* update

* do it again

* oooops

* update version

* include pennylane as a dependency

.github/workflows/format.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install black

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
       - name: Cancel Previous Runs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
           pip install -r requirements-ci.txt
           pip install qsimcirq
           pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane.git#egg=pennylane
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
           pip install -r requirements-ci.txt
           pip install qsimcirq
           pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane.git#egg=pennylane

.github/workflows/upload.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Build and install Plugin
         run: |

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@
 * Fix deprecated import path for `QubitDevice`.
   [(#194)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-cirq/pull/194)
   [(#195)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-cirq/pull/195)
+
+### Breaking changes 💔
+
+* Removed support for Python 3.9
+  [(#200)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-cirq/pull/200)
 
 ### Contributors ✍️
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
 
-Astral Cai
+Astral Cai,
 Alex Preciado
 
 ---

README.rst

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Features
 Installation
 ============
 
-This plugin requires Python version 3.9 or above, as well as PennyLane
+This plugin requires Python version 3.10 or above, as well as PennyLane
 and Cirq. Installation of this plugin, as well as all dependencies, can be done using ``pip``:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ Dependencies
 
 PennyLane-Cirq requires the following libraries be installed:
 
-* `Python <http://python.org/>`__ >= 3.9
+* `Python <http://python.org/>`__ >= 3.10
 
 as well as the following Python packages:
 
-* `PennyLane <http://pennylane.readthedocs.io/>`__ >= 0.17
+* `PennyLane <http://pennylane.readthedocs.io/>`__ >= 0.29
 * `Cirq <https://cirq.readthedocs.io/>`__ >= 0.10.0
 
 To use the qsim and qsimh devices, the qsim-Cirq interface ``qsimcirq`` is required:

doc/requirements.txt

@@ -1,82 +1,9 @@
-alabaster==0.7.12
-appdirs==1.4.4
-attrs==20.3.0
-autograd==1.4
-autoray==0.3.1
-backports.cached-property==1.0.1
-Babel==2.9.1
-cachetools==5.3
-certifi==2023.7.22
-charset-normalizer==2.0.12
-cirq==1.3.0
-cirq-core==1.3.0
-cirq-pasqal==1.3.0
-cycler==0.10.0
-decorator==5.1.1
-deprecation==2.1.0
-docutils==0.16.0
-duet==0.2.8
-fonttools==4.32.0
-future==0.18.3
-google-api-core==2.0.0
-google-auth==2.25.2
-googleapis-common-protos==1.56.0
-idna==2.10
-imagesize==1.3.0
-importlib-metadata==3.10.1
-iniconfig==1.1.1
-ipython-genutils==0.2.0
-Jinja2==3.1.1
-jsonschema==3.2.0
-jupyter-core==4.11.2
-kiwisolver==1.4.2
-MarkupSafe==2.1.1
-matplotlib==3.5.1
-mpmath==1.3.0
-nbformat==5.1.3
-networkx==2.6.3
-ninja==1.10.2.3
-numpy
-openfermion==1.3.0
-openfermionpyscf==0.5
-packaging>=24
-pandas==1.3.5
-pennylane==0.28.0
-PennyLane-Lightning==0.28
-Pillow==10.0.1
-pluggy==1.0.0
-protobuf==3.19.5
-PubChemPy==1.0.4
-py==1.11.0
-Pygments==2.15.0
-pyparsing==2.4.7
-pyrsistent==0.18.0
-pyscf==1.7.6
-pytest==6.2.5
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
-pytz==2021.1
-PyYAML==6.0
-requests==2.31.0
-retworkx==0.11.0
-scipy==1.10.0
-semantic-version==2.10
-six==1.16.0
-snowballstemmer==2.2.0
-sortedcontainers==2.4.0
-Sphinx==4.3.2
+sphinx==4.3.2
 sphinx-automodapi==0.14.1
 sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.2
 sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
 sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
 sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
 sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
-sympy==1.9
-toml==0.10.2
-tqdm==4.64.0
-traitlets==5.1.0
-typing_extensions==4.2.0
-urllib3==1.26.18
-# Do not pin the following
-pennylane-sphinx-theme
-zipp==3.8.0
+pennylane-sphinx-theme  # do not pin this

requirements-ci.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-pennylane
 cirq-core
 cirq-pasqal
-numpy

requirements.txt

@@ -1,56 +1,32 @@
-appdirs==1.4.4
-autograd==1.4
-autoray==0.3.1
-cachetools==5.3
-certifi==2022.12.7
-charset-normalizer==2.0.12
-cirq==1.3.0
-cirq-core==1.3.0
-cirq-pasqal==1.3.0
-cycler==0.10.0
-deprecation==2.1.0
-duet==0.2.8
-future==0.18.3
-google-api-core==1.31.2
-googleapis-common-protos==1.53.0
-idna==3.3
-iniconfig==1.1.1
-ipython-genutils==0.2.0
-jsonschema==3.2.0
-jupyter-core==4.11.2
-kiwisolver==1.3.2
-matplotlib==3.4.3
+attrs==24.2.0
+certifi==2024.8.30
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
+cirq-core==1.4.1
+cirq-pasqal==1.4.1
+contourpy==1.3.0
+cycler==0.12.1
+duet==0.2.9
+fonttools==4.54.1
+idna==3.10
+kiwisolver==1.4.7
+matplotlib==3.9.2
 mpmath==1.3.0
-nbformat==5.1.3
-networkx==2.6.3
-ninja==1.10.2.3
-numpy==1.22.3
-openfermion==1.1.0
-openfermionpyscf==0.5
-packaging==21.0
-pandas==1.3.3
+networkx==3.4.2
+numpy==1.26.4
+packaging==24.1
+pandas==2.2.3
 pennylane==0.29.0
-PennyLane-Lightning==0.29.0
-Pillow==10.0.1
-pluggy==1.0.0
-protobuf==3.19.5
-PubChemPy==1.0.4
-py==1.10.0
-pyparsing==2.4.7
-pyrsistent==0.18.0
-pyscf==1.7.6
-pytest==6.2.5
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
-pytz==2021.1
-requests==2.31.0
-retworkx==0.11.0
-scipy==1.10.0
-semantic-version==2.6.0
+pillow==11.0.0
+pipdeptree==2.23.4
+pyparsing==3.2.0
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
+pytz==2024.2
+requests==2.32.3
+scipy==1.14.1
 six==1.16.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
-sympy==1.8
-toml==0.10.2
-tqdm==4.62.2
-traitlets==5.1.0
-typing_extensions==4.2.0
-urllib3==1.26.18
+sympy==1.13.3
+tqdm==4.66.6
+typing_extensions==4.12.2
+tzdata==2024.2
+urllib3==2.2.3

setup.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# !/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import sys
 import os
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@
     "url": "http://xanadu.ai",
     "license": "Apache License 2.0",
     "packages": ["pennylane_cirq"],
-    "entry_points": {"pennylane.plugins": ["cirq.simulator = pennylane_cirq:SimulatorDevice",
-                                           "cirq.mixedsimulator = pennylane_cirq:MixedStateSimulatorDevice",
-                                           "cirq.qsim = pennylane_cirq.qsim_device:QSimDevice",
-                                           "cirq.qsimh = pennylane_cirq.qsim_device:QSimhDevice",
-                                           "cirq.pasqal = pennylane_cirq:PasqalDevice"],},
-    # Place a one line description here. This will be shown by pip
+    "entry_points": {
+        "pennylane.plugins": [
+            "cirq.simulator = pennylane_cirq:SimulatorDevice",
+            "cirq.mixedsimulator = pennylane_cirq:MixedStateSimulatorDevice",
+            "cirq.qsim = pennylane_cirq.qsim_device:QSimDevice",
+            "cirq.qsimh = pennylane_cirq.qsim_device:QSimhDevice",
+            "cirq.pasqal = pennylane_cirq:PasqalDevice"
+        ],
+    },
     "description": "PennyLane plugin for Cirq",
     "long_description": open("README.rst").read(),
     "long_description_content_type": "text/x-rst",
@@ -62,9 +65,9 @@
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     # Make sure to specify here the versions of Python supported
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
 ]