plugin deprecation

PennyLaneAI · Jan 8, 2025 · 1eb2808 · 1eb2808
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 ### Breaking changes 💔
 
+* The PennyLane-Rigetti plugin is only compatible with PennyLane v0.40 or below. To use Rigetti hardware with newer versions of PennyLane please use the [PennyLane-Braket plugin](https://amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html) instead.
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 * Support for the `pennylane.operation.Tensor` observable is removed. This observable was deprecated,
   and is fully removed in PennyLane 0.40.
   [(#170)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-rigetti/pull/170)

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 PennyLane Rigetti Plugin
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+.. warning::
+    The PennyLane-Rigetti plugin is only compatible with PennyLane v0.40 or below. To use Rigetti hardware with newer versions of PennyLane please use the `PennyLane-Braket plugin <https://amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html>`__ instead.
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