Prepare 0.45.1 release (#11331)

* Prepare 0.45.1 release

This commit prepares the 0.45.1 release, this consists of bumping
the version number to 0.25.3 in all the appropriate files. It also
adds a prelude release note to provide a brief introduction to the
release. When this commit merges it should be tagged as the 0.45.1
release.

* Update release notes

* Update Version.txt too

Cargo.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 members = ["crates/*"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.45.0"
+version = "0.45.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.64"  # Keep in sync with README.md and rust-toolchain.toml.
 license = "Apache-2.0"

docs/conf.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 version = "0.45"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "0.45.0"
+release = "0.45.1"
 
 language = "en"
 

qiskit/VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.45.0
+0.45.1

qiskit_pkg/setup.py

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 with open(README_PATH) as readme_file:
     README = readme_file.read()
 
-requirements = ["qiskit-terra==0.45.0"]
+requirements = ["qiskit-terra==0.45.1"]
 
 setup(
     name="qiskit",
-    version="0.45.0",
+    version="0.45.1",
     description="Software for developing quantum computing programs",
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",

releasenotes/notes/add-py312-support-7077426af34ac5da.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Added support for using Qiskit with Python 3.12.
+    Added support for using Qiskit with Python 3.12. As of this release Qiskit
+    supports running with Python versions 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12.

releasenotes/notes/fix-qreg-visualization-after-layout-42d3e643b923d8bc.yaml

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 ---
 fixes:
   - |
-    Fixed a bug in :class:`~.SabreLayout` where it would fail to add the layout
-    register information to the property set. This affected circuit visualization, as
-    ``circuit.draw()`` after transpilation with certain optimization levels would show
-    the full ``Qubit[register]`` label rather than the expected register name
-    (e.g. ``q0``).
+    Fixed a bug in :class:`~.SabreLayout` where it would fail to add the register
+    information to the :class:`.Layout` object used for :attr:`.TranspileLayout.initial_layout`.
+    This affected circuit visualization with :meth:`.QuantumCircuit.draw` and :func:`.circuit_drawer`
+    after transpilation which would show a virtual qubit label of the form ``Qubit[QuantumRegister(6, 'q', 0)]``
+    rather than the expected virtual qubit label using the register name (e.g. ``q0``).
+    Fixed `#11038 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/issues/11038>`__

releasenotes/notes/fix-schedule-qpy-use-symengine-05ae1dfab73e3ff8.yaml

@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ fixes:
   - |
     Fixed an issue with :func:`.qpy.dump` which would cause the function to
     potentially ignore the value of ``use_symengine`` when serializing a
-    :class:`.ScheduleBlock` object.
+    :class:`.ScheduleBlock` object. This would result in an invalid QPY
+    payload being generated as it would report it was using symengine for
+    symbolic expressions but actually contain sympy serialized data.

releasenotes/notes/prepare-0.45.1-d30b63803378ae7c.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+  Qiskit Terra 0.45.1 is a small patch release, fixing several bugs found in
+  the 0.45 release series. It is also the first release to have official support
+  for Python 3.12. The 0.45.1 release supports Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, and
+  3.12.

setup.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="qiskit-terra",
-    version="0.45.0",
+    version="0.45.1",
     description="Software for developing quantum computing programs",
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",