v0.4.7

[jordandsullivan]

In v0.4.7, we are celebrating a triumphant UnitaryHACK 2025, with exciting new contributions from lovely new contributors -- and a whole slew of updates and improvements by the maintainers to support their work!

✨ Key Features

First external compiler pass port by new contributor @WolfLink 🔮: Integrated a gate-reducing pass from BQSKit (#412).
New approximate compilation module by new contributor @ACE07-Sev 🎯: Added MPS encoding support for circuit optimization (#421).

📚 Documentation & Workflow Improvements

Enhanced compiler customization docs (#391 by @Misty-W)
Added call-outs for reasearch using UCC (#405 by @bachase)
Simplified New Compiler Pass proposal issue template (#373 by @jordandsullivan)
Migrated in-depth Compiler Pass proposal to Discussions (#372 + #378 by @jordandsullivan)
Added support for benchmarking automation on fork PRs (#402 by @bachase)
Added CHANGELOG to docs (#389 by @bachase)
Update ucc.compile docstring (#399 by @Misty-W)

🔄 Dependency Updates

By @dependabot...
qiskit (2.0.0 → 2.0.2) via #363 + #397
pytket (2.4.1 → 2.6.0) via #398 + #409
qiskit-qasm3-import (0.5.1 → 0.6.0) in #424
quimb (1.10.0 → 1.11.0) in #425
qbraid (0.9.5 → 0.9.7) in #426

👏 Community Spotlight

Huge thanks to all Unitary Hack 2025 participants and our new contributors!

• @ACE07-Sev made their first contribution in #421
• @WolfLink made their first contribution in #412
• @WingCode investigated methods of logical equivalence verification on large circuits in #62

Full changelog here.

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