Merge branch 'main' into target-interner

.azure/test-linux.yml

@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ jobs:
             # Build and install both qiskit and qiskit-terra so that any optionals
             # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
           displayName: "Install Terra directly"
-          env:
-            SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES: "legacy-editable"
 
       - ${{ if eq(parameters.installOptionals, true) }}:
         - bash: |
@@ -178,8 +176,6 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt-get install -y graphviz pandoc
             image_tests/bin/pip check
           displayName: 'Install dependencies'
-          env:
-            SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES: "legacy-editable"
 
         - bash: |
             echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=HAVE_VISUAL_TESTS_RUN;]true"

.azure/test-macos.yml

@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ jobs:
             # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
           pip check
         displayName: 'Install dependencies'
-        env:
-          SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES: "legacy-editable"
 
       - ${{ if eq(parameters.installOptionals, true) }}:
         - bash: |

.azure/test-windows.yml

@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ jobs:
           # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
           pip check
         displayName: 'Install dependencies'
-        env:
-          SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES: "legacy-editable"
 
       - ${{ if eq(parameters.installOptionals, true) }}:
         - bash: |

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ blank_issues_enabled: true
 contact_links:
   - name: Non-API docs issues
     url: https://github.com/Qiskit/documentation/issues/new/choose
-    about: Open an issue about documentation in the Start, Build, Transpile, Verify, Run, or Migration guides sections of docs.quantum.ibm.com (non-API documentation)
+    about: Open an issue about documentation in the guides and additional resources sections of docs.quantum.ibm.com (non-API documentation)

.github/workflows/coverage.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
           CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
           RUSTFLAGS: "-Cinstrument-coverage"
           LLVM_PROFILE_FILE: "qiskit-%p-%m.profraw"
-          SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES: "legacy-editable"
 
       - name: Generate unittest coverage report
         run: |

.github/workflows/randomized_tests.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.11'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel

.github/workflows/slow.yml

@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install -U -r requirements-dev.txt -c constraints.txt
           python -m pip install -c constraints.txt -e .
           python -m pip install "qiskit-aer" "z3-solver" "cplex" -c constraints.txt
-        env:
-          SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES: "legacy-editable"
       - name: Run all tests including slow
         run: stestr run
         env:

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        # Normally we test min and max version but we can't run python 3.8 or
+        # Normally we test min and max version but we can't run python
         # 3.9 on arm64 until actions/setup-python#808 is resolved
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.12"]
     steps:

.github/workflows/wheels.yml

@@ -41,35 +41,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
           name: wheels-${{ matrix.os }}
-  build_wheels_macos_arm_py38:
-    name: Build wheels on macOS arm
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [macos-12]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        name: Install Python
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-        with:
-          components: llvm-tools-preview
-      - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/[email protected]
-        env:
-          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL: rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
-          CIBW_BUILD: cp38-macosx_universal2 cp38-macosx_arm64
-          CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: arm64 universal2
-          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: >-
-            CARGO_BUILD_TARGET="aarch64-apple-darwin"
-            PYO3_CROSS_LIB_DIR="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/$(python -c 'import sys; print(str(sys.version_info[0])+"."+str(sys.version_info[1]))')/lib/python$(python -c 'import sys; print(str(sys.version_info[0])+"."+str(sys.version_info[1]))')"
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
-          name: wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-arm
   build_wheels_32bit:
     name: Build wheels 32bit
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -89,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: pypa/[email protected]
         env:
-          CIBW_SKIP: 'pp* cp36-* cp37-* *musllinux* *amd64 *x86_64'
+          CIBW_SKIP: 'pp* cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* *musllinux* *amd64 *x86_64'
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
@@ -100,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     environment: release
     permissions:
       id-token: write
-    needs: ["build_wheels", "build_wheels_32bit", "build_wheels_macos_arm_py38"]
+    needs: ["build_wheels", "build_wheels_32bit"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with: