Pennylane-aqt

New features

* Add support for the `CNOT` gate by using a decomposition with the `MS` gate.
[(14)](https://github.com/XanaduAI/pennylane-aqt/pull/14)
[(19)](https://github.com/XanaduAI/pennylane-aqt/pull/19)

Breaking changes

* Remove support for Python 3.5, 3.6 and add support for Python 3.8, 3.9.
[(15)](https://github.com/XanaduAI/pennylane-aqt/pull/15)

Contributors

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Romain Moyard, Antal Száva

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Bug fixes

* For compatibility with PennyLane v0.15, the `analytic` keyword argument
has been removed from usage within the AQT device.
[(12)](https://github.com/XanaduAI/pennylane-aqt/pull/12)

Contributors

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Josh Izaac

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New features since last release

* The AQT plugin now supports arbitrary wire labels when instantiating the device [(8)](https://github.com/XanaduAI/pennylane-aqt/pull/8) [(#9)](https://github.com/XanaduAI/pennylane-aqt/pull/9)

Contributors

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Maria Schuld

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New features since last release

* Both of the native gates `R` and `MS` now support the parameter-shift differentiation
method in PennyLane. [(4)](https://github.com/XanaduAI/pennylane-aqt/pull/4)

Improvements

* Lowered the retry timer so the plugin won't hammer the server for results.
[(4)](https://github.com/XanaduAI/pennylane-aqt/pull/4)

Contributors

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Nathan Killoran

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Initial release.

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Nathan Killoran, Josh Izaac