Updates for release 0.28.0 development

.github/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+# Release 0.28.0-dev
+
+### New features since last release
+
+### Breaking changes
+
+- Deprecate Python 3.7 wheels.
+[(#75)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning-gpu/pull/75)
+
+
+### Improvements
+
+### Documentation
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Pin CMake to 3.24.x in wheel-builder to avoid PYthon not found error in CMake 3.25.
+[(#75)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning-gpu/pull/75)
+
+### Contributors
+
+This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
+
+Lee J. O'Riordan.
+
+---
 # Release 0.27.0
 
 ### New features since last release

.github/workflows/build_wheel_manylinux2014.yml

@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  CIBW_BUILD: 'cp37-* cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-*'
+  CIBW_BUILD: 'cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-*'
   CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND: "pip"
   CIBW_SKIP: "*-musllinux*"
 
   # Python build settings
   CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: |
-    python -m pip install pybind11 ninja cmake auditwheel && python -m pip install --no-deps cuquantum
-    yum install -y gcc gcc-c++
+    python -m pip install ninja cmake~=3.24.3 auditwheel
+    python -m pip install --no-deps cuquantum
     yum-config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel7/x86_64/cuda-rhel7.repo -y
     yum clean all
-    yum -y install cuda cmake git openssh wget
+    yum -y install cuda git openssh wget
 
   # ensure nvcc is available
   CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/cuda/bin LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda/lib64:$(python -c "import site; print( f'{site.getsitepackages()[0]}/cuquantum/lib')")

pennylane_lightning_gpu/_version.py

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.27.0"
+__version__ = "0.28.0_dev0"