Follow-up for native support for Sparse Hamiltonians expval()

.github/workflows/tests_linux.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  TF_VERSION: 2.6
+  TF_VERSION: 2.6.0
   TORCH_VERSION: 1.10.0+cpu
   COVERAGE_FLAGS: "--cov=pennylane_lightning --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml:./coverage.xml --no-flaky-report -p no:warnings --tb=native"
   OMP_NUM_THREADS: "2"
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade torch==$TORCH_VERSION -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html
           pip install --upgrade "jax[cpu]"  # This also installs jaxlib
-          pip install --upgrade tensorflow==$TF_VERSION keras==$TF_VERSION
+          pip install --upgrade tensorflow~=$TF_VERSION keras~=$TF_VERSION
 
       - name: Install lightning.qubit device
         run: |
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade torch==$TORCH_VERSION -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html
           pip install --upgrade "jax[cpu]"  # This also installs jaxlib
-          pip install --upgrade tensorflow==$TF_VERSION keras==$TF_VERSION
+          pip install --upgrade tensorflow~=$TF_VERSION keras~=$TF_VERSION
 
       - name: Install lightning.qubit device
         run: |

README.rst

@@ -236,12 +236,15 @@ The PennyLane lightning plugin is **free** and **open source**, released under
 the `Apache License, Version 2.0 <https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>`_.
 
 .. license-end-inclusion-marker-do-not-remove
+.. acknowledgements-start-inclusion-marker-do-not-remove
 
 Acknowledgements
 ================
 
 PennyLane Lightning makes use of the following libraries and tools, which are under their own respective licenses:
 
-- **pybind11:** https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ [`License <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/blob/master/LICENSE>`_]
-- **Kokkos Core:** https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos [`License <https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos/blob/master/LICENSE>`_]
-- **Kokkos Kernels:** https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos-kernels [`License <https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos-kernels/blob/master/LICENSE>`_]
+- **pybind11:** https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
+- **Kokkos Core:** https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos
+- **Kokkos Kernels:** https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos-kernels
+
+.. acknowledgements-end-inclusion-marker-do-not-remove

pennylane_lightning/_version.py

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.24.0-dev9"
+__version__ = "0.24.0-dev10"