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Release 0.40.0

2025-01-14T20:40:00Z

Bump minimum Lightning and Catalyst versions (#6813)

Don't merge until Lightning and Catalyst are released.

v0.40.0-rc0: Bump minimum Lightning and Catalyst versions (#6813)

2025-01-14T19:41:24Z

Bump minimum Lightning and Catalyst versions (#6813)

Don't merge until Lightning and Catalyst are released.

v0.39.0-rc0: Final merge from RC branch to master (#6526)

2024-11-06T21:20:39Z

Final merge from RC branch to master (#6526)

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Release 0.39.0

2024-11-05T19:09:46Z

Bump minimum Lightning and Catalyst versions (#6512)

Don't merge until Lightning and Catalyst are released.

v0.38.1: Remove useless sections from changelog (#6261)

2024-09-12T14:59:08Z

Remove useless sections from changelog (#6261)

### Before submitting

Please complete the following checklist when submitting a PR:

- [ ] All new features must include a unit test.
If you've fixed a bug or added code that should be tested, add a test to
the
test directory!

- [ ] All new functions and code must be clearly commented and
documented.
If you do make documentation changes, make sure that the docs build and
render correctly by running `make docs`.

- [ ] Ensure that the test suite passes, by running `make test`.

- [ ] Add a new entry to the `doc/releases/changelog-dev.md` file,
summarizing the
change, and including a link back to the PR.

- [ ] The PennyLane source code conforms to
[PEP8 standards](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/).
We check all of our code against [Pylint](https://www.pylint.org/).
To lint modified files, simply `pip install pylint`, and then
run `pylint pennylane/path/to/file.py`.

When all the above are checked, delete everything above the dashed
line and fill in the pull request template.

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v0.38.0-rc0: Final RC sync for v0.38 (#6205)

2024-09-04T16:04:29Z

Final RC sync for v0.38 (#6205)

As name says

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Release 0.38.0

2024-09-03T22:39:43Z

Final updates before 0.38 release (#6202)

Bumping catalyst and lightning versions across PL.

v0.37.0-rc0: Final rc sync to master (#5970)

2024-07-09T13:09:15Z

Final rc sync to master (#5970)

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Release 0.37.0

2024-07-08T22:37:35Z

Bump required versions of Lightning and Catalyst (#5963)

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Release 0.36.0

2024-05-06T22:02:48Z