Pin lightgbm to latest version 4.6.0

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This PR pins lightgbm to the latest release 4.6.0.

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4.6.0

- [c++] update to fmt 11.1.2, fast_double_parser 0.8.0 jameslamb (6802)
- [ci] fix valgrind workflow jameslamb (6816)
- [ci] validate pyproject file by json schema StrikerRUS (6813)
- [ci] [python-package] update pre-commit hooks to latest versions jameslamb (6817)
- [ci]: Bump release-drafter/release-drafter from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0 in the ci-dependencies group [dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot) (#6810)
- [ci] fix errors about line length in yaml files (Part 4) StrikerRUS (6804)
- [ci] remove pandas before testing that LightGBM can be imported without extra deps StrikerRUS (6801)
- [ci] fix errors about comments indentation in yaml files (Part 3) StrikerRUS (6794)
- [ci] fix errors about indentation in yaml files (Part 2) StrikerRUS (6789)
- [ci] [python-package] build macOS x86_64 wheels on macOS 13 (Ventura) jameslamb (6669)
- [ci] add yaml files linter to pre-commit hook but skip some rules for now (Part 1) StrikerRUS (6763)
- [ci] lock inactive issues and PRs at different time StrikerRUS (6764)
- [ci][python-package] add testing for the shape of raw score predictions StrikerRUS (6765)
- [ci] pin more dependencies in Python 3.8 environment jameslamb (6771)
- [CUDA] remove src/treelearner/kernels shiyu1994 (6766)
- [python-package] stop relying on string concatenation / splitting for cv() eval results jameslamb (6761)
- [ci] Add Release Drafter workflow StrikerRUS (6754)
- [python-package] Rename `cvfolds` variable into `cvbooster` in `engine.cv` function ClaudioSalvatoreArcidiacono (6762)
- [python-package] simplify eval result printing jameslamb (6749)
- [ci] fix linkchecker job jameslamb (6757)
- [ci] remove Docker volumes during Azure cleanup StrikerRUS (6760)
- [ci] use Ruff linter instead of isort StrikerRUS (6755)
- [ci] set upper bound on dask jmoralez (6742)
- [c++] include <cstdint> wherever uint8_t is used jameslamb (6736)
- [python-package] simplify scikit-learn 1.6+ tags support jameslamb (6735)
- [ci] Introduce `typos` pre-commit hook borchero (6564)
- [ci] [python-package] [R-package] adapt to scikit-learn check_sample_weight_equivalence changes, stop testing against R 3.6 on Linux jameslamb (6733)
- [python-package][R-package] adapt to scikit-learn 1.6 testing changes, pin more packages in R 3.6 CI jobs jameslamb (6718)
- [ci] [R-package] re-enable 'rchk' checks jameslamb (6713)
- [ci] check PowerShell scripts with PSScriptAnalyzer (part 3) StrikerRUS (6710)
- [ci] check JavaScript code with `biome` tool StrikerRUS (6711)
- [ci] check PowerShell scripts with PSScriptAnalyzer (part 2) StrikerRUS (6709)
- [ci] check PowerShell scripts with PSScriptAnalyzer (part 1) StrikerRUS (6704)
- [ci] [R-package] remove code for 'rchk' checks jameslamb (6545)
- [ci] Fix version matching between RTD pages and R-package pages StrikerRUS (6673)
- [python-package] remove MSVS solution files from sdist jameslamb (6698)
- [ci] set `MinimumVisualStudioVersion` to MSVS 2015 StrikerRUS (6689)
- [ci] fix build of LightGBM with MSVS GUI StrikerRUS (6690)
- [cmake] group sanitizer options together StrikerRUS (6688)
- [ci] add shellcheck, use latest pre-commit hook versions jameslamb (6685)
- [ci] fix some shellcheck warnings in package-building scripts vnherdeiro (6641)
- [python-package] deprecate support for H2O 'datatable' jameslamb (6670)
- [ci] enable OpenMP support in cpp tests StrikerRUS (6676)
- [python-package] ignore scikit-learn 'check_sample_weight_equivalence' estimator check (fixes 6678) jameslamb (6679)
- [ci] fix shellcheck warnings in CI scripts vnherdeiro (6646)
- [ci] Restore MPI jobs on macOS StrikerRUS (6664)
- [ci] Update CUDA versions for CI StrikerRUS (6539)
- [ci] replace uses of 'mamba' with 'conda', use Python 12 for test-python-latest-job jameslamb (6663)
- [cmake] simplify SWIG config StrikerRUS (6648)
- [ci] [R-package] re-enable R-devel clang16 job (fixes 6607) jameslamb (6642)
- [cmake] remove unused variable StrikerRUS (6647)
- [ci] [python-package] temporarily stop testing against scikit-learn nightlies, load lib_lightgbm earlier jameslamb (6654)
- [ci] prevent C API tests from leaving files behind (fixes 6361) jameslamb (6637)
- [python-package] limit when num_boost_round warnings are emitted (fixes 6324) jameslamb (6579)
- [ci] prevent Python tests from leaving behind files vnherdeiro (6626)
- fix some shellcheck warnings vnherdeiro (6621)
- [ci] fix linux runners running out of disk space (fixed 6635) jameslamb (6636)
- [python-package] remove setup.cfg jameslamb (6624)
- [cmake] consolidate set_target_properties() calls jameslamb (6594)
- [ci] prevent `train.binary.bin` and `lgb_train_data.bin` files being left behind after testing bili2002 (6606)
- [ci] update some linting versions jameslamb (6598)
- [ci] skip R-devel clang16 job and use gcc-12 for macOS Python jobs jameslamb (6608)
- [python-package] update to scikit-build-core 0.10 jameslamb (6597)
- [ci] restore nuget artifact creation StrikerRUS (6593)
- [R-package] [cmake] simplify CMake-based R builds jameslamb (6591)
- [cmake] stop using file(GLOB) jameslamb (6588)
- [ci] prevent `categorical.model` and `model.txt` files being left behind after testing neNasko1 (6590)
- [ci] Always use latest SWIG version in Windows CI job StrikerRUS (6541)
- [ci] place all CI helpers under the .ci folder and use - instead of _ in their names StrikerRUS (6581)
- [ci] fix MSVC warning about builds in temp directory StrikerRUS (6573)
- bump development version to 4.5.0.99 jameslamb (6575)
- [ci] ask pip to always install local artifact but not download package from PyPI StrikerRUS (6574)

4.5.0

- [ci] modify CodeQL settings jameslamb (6563)
- [ci] revert clang-18 LD_LIBRARY_PATH workaround jameslamb (6559)
- [ci] [R-package] help linker find libstdc++.so.1 in clang18 job (fixes 6553) jameslamb (6554)
- [ci] update codeowners jameslamb (6542)
- [ci] [R-package] use --no-xattrs when re-tarring CRAN-style package jameslamb (6540)
- [ci] [R-package] add CI jobs covering more CRAN "additional checks", fix R_NO_REMAP warnings (fixes 6369) jameslamb (6523)
- [ci] [R-package] add arm64 macOS R-package CI job (fixes 6481) jameslamb (6494)
- [ci] restore aarch64 linux builds (fixes 6509) jameslamb (6527)
- [test][python] fix pandas DeprecationWarning about `is_sparse` function StrikerRUS (6532)
- fix cpp casting errors "Comparison of narrow type with wide type in loop condition" StrikerRUS (6533)
- [python-package] avoid overwriting dependencies via 'build-python.sh install' jameslamb (6526)
- [tests][python]  fix nan in pandas bool column StrikerRUS (6530)
- Remove template parameters from copy constructor hgminh95 (6514)
- [ci] prevent `lgb.model` and `lgb.pkl` files being left behind after testing nicklamiller (6518)
- [ci] [R-package] run 'R CMD check' as a foreground task jameslamb (6508)
- [CMake] Use CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY to apply /MT hcho3 (6484)
- [ci] resolve shellcheck errors in .ci/check_python_dists.sh Kunal-Singh-Dadhwal (6503)
- [ci] skip aarch64 linux job jameslamb (6517)
- [R-package] Use `Rf_`-prefixed versions of protect/unprotect david-cortes (6502)
- [ci] reduce repetition of BUILD_DIRECTORY in CI scripts jameslamb (6497)
- [ci] remove OpenMP / MKL workaround in CI jobs jameslamb (6496)
- [ci] [docs] fix link-checks job jameslamb (6495)
- [python-package] Change build settings to set strict-config to false Jorricks (6493)
- [ci] remove unnecessary package installations in CI jameslamb (6488)
- chore: update dataset_loader.cpp eltociear (6483)
- bump development version to 4.4.0.99 jameslamb (6485)

4.4.0

- [python-package] add a few type hints in LGBMModel.fit() jameslamb (6470)
- [python-package] clarify max_depth warning and limit when it is emitted jameslamb (6402)
- [ci] upgrade linters to latest version jameslamb (6472)
- [ci] [R-package] add new linters from {lintr} 3.1.1 jameslamb (6471)
- [python-package] make LGBMDeprecationWarning inherit from FutureWarning jameslamb (6447)
- [ci] further simplify CI configurations jameslamb (6463)
- [ci] fix CUDA 11.8 builds (fixes 6466) jameslamb (6465)
- [ci] simplify CI configurations, parallelize compilation, test CUDA on Ubuntu 22.04 jameslamb (6458)
- [ci]: Bump actions/checkout from 1 to 4 in the ci-dependencies group dependabot (6453)
- [cmake] switch to FindCUDAToolkit characat0 (6457)
- [R-package] [python-package] deprecate Dataset arguments to cv() and train() jameslamb (6446)
- [ci] Add dependabot configuration borchero (6449)
- [python-package] upgrade to scikit-build-core 0.9.3 jameslamb (6263)
- deprecate HDFS support jameslamb (6443)
- [c++] remove uses of '..' in headers jameslamb (6409)
- [R-package] always name the shared library 'lightgbm', not 'lib_lightgbm' jameslamb (6432)
- [R-package] [ci] Manually install 'Matrix' (fixes 6433) jameslamb (6434)
- [ci] Skip Arrow tests on AppVeyor, use Intel macOS runners, upgrade to XCode 14.3 on macOS jobs, disable MacOS MPI jobs borchero (6425)
- [ci] raise floors on CI dependencies jameslamb (6375)
- [ci] make shell scripts stricter jameslamb (6266)
- [python-package] prevent build-python.sh from modifying already-installed dependencies jameslamb (6403)
- [ci] reduce hard-coding of host architecture jameslamb (6395)
- [c++] remove unused variable 'need_connect_cnt' jameslamb (6410)
- [ci] clean source directory at the beginning of every Azure DevOps build jameslamb (6416)
- [ci] Fix Azure Pipeline Agents shiyu1994 (6407)
- [ci] [R-package] re-enable r-sanitizers jobs (fixes 6367) jameslamb (6374)
- [ci] prevent trailing whitespace, ensure files end with newline jameslamb (6373)
- [ci] [docs] update some docs and CI dependencies jameslamb (6346)
- [ci] [python-package] remove unused flake8 configuration jameslamb (6372)
- [ci] put ceiling on graphviz in Python 3.7 jobs jameslamb (6370)
- [ci] Fix R 3.6 tests, dask tests, compatibility with dask>=2024.3.1 borchero (6357)
- [ci] [python-package] check for untyped definitions with mypy jameslamb (6339)
- [ci] ignore ruff-format changes in git blame (fixes 6304) jameslamb (6345)
- [c++] remove unnecessary include in CLI jameslamb (6342)
- [ci] [python-package] enable ruff-format on all Python code jameslamb (6336)
- [python-package] remove unused type alias jameslamb (6341)
- [ci] [python-package] enforce 'pylint' checks (fixes 4308) jameslamb (6334)
- [ci] [python-package] enable ruff-format on tests and examples jameslamb (6317)
- [python-package] fix mypy error about pyarrow data jameslamb (6333)
- [ci] remove unnecessary workarounds in R-package macOS jobs jameslamb (6331)
- [ci] remove workflow_dispatch from no-response configuration jameslamb (6330)
- [ci] fix no-response permissions jameslamb (6323)
- [ci] enable ruff-format on some files, add pre-commit config jameslamb (6308)
- [ci] ensure shell script exit codes are in range 0-255 jameslamb (6305)
- [ci] fix installation of clang-18 (fixes 6306) jameslamb (6307)
- [ci] [R-package] pin to older setup-pandoc for R 3.6 jobs (fixes 6298) jameslamb (6299)
- bump development version to 4.3.0.99 jameslamb (6287)

4.3.0

Changes

💡 New Features

- [CUDA] Add arch=8.9 to CUDA_ARCHS for RTX 40XX DmitryUlyanov (6272)

🔨 Breaking

- [cmake] [c++] require CMake 3.18+ jameslamb (6260)
- [R-package] remove readRDS.lgb.Booster() and saveRDS.lgb.Booster() jameslamb (6246)

🚀 Efficiency Improvement

- [R-package] Remove non-beneficial parallelization david-cortes (6209)

🐛 Bug Fixes

- [R-package] [ci] remove unnecessary include in linear_tree_learner (fixes 6264) jameslamb (6265)
- [cmake] [CUDA] ignore CUDA-specific source files in non-CUDA builds (fixes 6267) sabjohnso (6268)
- [c++] include OpenMP-control files in MSBuild solution file (fixes 6238) jameslamb (6251)
- [cmake] [swig] use CMake's built-in file-copying mechanisms instead of 'cp' jameslamb (6259)

📖 Documentation

- [docs] Add LightGBMLSS to README StatMixedML (6254)
- [ci] [docs] add Oliver to CODEOWNERS jameslamb (6247)
- Fix small typo and grammar in docs arunstar (6245)

🧰 Maintenance

- [ci] fix conda env creation in 'regular' CI job (fixes 6282) jameslamb (6283)
- [R-package] [ci] switch vignettes from 'rmarkdown' to 'markdown' jameslamb (6258)
- [python-package] fix mypy error about pandas categorical features jameslamb (6253)
- [ci] update issue-locking workflow jameslamb (6256)
- [ci] upgrade to GoogleTest v1.14.0 (fixes 5976) jameslamb (5981)
- [ci] [R-package] speed up valgrind job jameslamb (6237)
- bump development version to 4.2.0.99 jameslamb (6241)

4.2.0

- [ci] [R-package] allow more possibly-lost warnings from valgrind jameslamb (6233)
- [ci] Upgrade Azure VMSS to use Mariner Linux shiyu1994 (6222)
- Add msvc conformance check Zhaojun-Liu (6234)
- [python-package] Add tests for passing Arrow arrays with empty chunks borchero (6210)
- [R-package] change CRAN maintainer jameslamb (6224)
- [CUDA] fix typo in error message jameslamb (6207)
- [python-package] ignore mypy errors related to ctypes string buffers jameslamb (6198)
- [python-package] consolidate pandas-to-numpy conversion code jameslamb (6156)
- [R-package] standardize naming of internal functions jameslamb (6179)
- [R-package] remove unreachable code jameslamb (6180)
- allow new files in include/LightGBM jameslamb (6177)
- [R-package] Use `cat()` instead of `print()` for metrics and callbacks david-cortes (6171)
- [ci] resolve warning in tests jameslamb (6154)
- [ci] use `mamba` instead of `conda` in macOS and Linux CI jobs borchero (6140)
- factor out uses of omp_get_num_threads() and omp_get_max_threads() outside of OpenMP wrapper jameslamb (6133)
- remove unnecessary allocations in HistogramSumReducer jameslamb (6132)
- [ci] [R-package] enforce more {lintr} checks jameslamb (6130)
- fix compiler warnings for CPP tests jameslamb (6124)
- [ci] [R-package] test against R 4.3 on Windows jameslamb (6061)
- [python-package] reorganize early stopping callback jameslamb (6114)
- [python-package] simplify Dataset._compare_params_for_warning() jameslamb (6120)
- [ci] fix sh-compatibility issue in build-cran-package.sh jameslamb (6118)
- [python-package] remove unnecessary allocations in ctypes code jameslamb (6111)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors in Dataset construction jameslamb (6106)
- [ci] ensure correct R version is used on GitHub Actions (fixes 5640) jameslamb (6107)
- [python-package] fix mypy error about eval result tuples jameslamb (6105)
- [python-package] fix mypy error from Dataset.pandas_categorical jameslamb (6098)
- [ci] Fix typo in dependencies borchero (6100)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors related to eval result parsing in callbacks jameslamb (6096)
- [python-package] mark EarlyStopException as part of public API jameslamb (6095)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors related to eval result tuples jameslamb (6097)
- update to fmt 10.1.1, fast_double_parser 0.7.0 jameslamb (6074)

4.1.0

- Remove superfluous todo from gitignore borchero (6081)
- [python-package] simplify processing of pandas data jameslamb (6066)
- [ci] [R-package] test against R 4.3 on Linux and macOS jameslamb (6075)
- reduce verbosity of some log messages jameslamb (6073)
- [python-package] remove CVBooster._append() jameslamb (6057)
- [python-package] use dataclass for CallbackEnv jameslamb (6048)
- [ci] [python-package] add more linting checks jameslamb (6049)
- [ci] prevent lock-threads from locking issues with label 'feature request' jameslamb (6047)
- [ci] add bot to lock inactive issues and PRs jameslamb (6037)
- [ci] fix GPG key download for R Linux jobs (fixes 6038) jameslamb (6039)
- [ci] enforce dask version to be >=2023.5.0 in some builds (fixes 6030) shiyu1994 (6032)
- [ci] [R-package] use {lintr} 3.1 jameslamb (5997)
- [python-package] replace np.find_common_type with np.result_type jmoralez (5999)
- [ci] simplify CODEOWNERS jameslamb (5998)
- [R-package] consolidate testing constants in helpers file jameslamb (5992)
- [R-package] remove unused internal variables jameslamb (5991)
- [ci] use newer h5py in AppVeyor jobs (fixes 5995) jameslamb (5996)
- [python-package] make _InnerPredictor construction stricter jameslamb (5961)

----

> **Note**
>
> This release of the R package was not submitted to CRAN, due to the issues documented in https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/issues/5987.

4.0.0

Changes

This release contains all previously-unreleased changes since `v3.3.1` over 1.5 years ago ([link](https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/releases/tag/v3.3.1)).

Summary of improvements:

* totally-rewritten CUDA implementation, and more operations in the CUDA implementation performed on the GPU
* quantized training can be used for greatly improved training speeds on CPU ([paper link](https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.09682))
* support for C++17
* Python package:
 - now uses `scikit-build-core` ([link](https://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build-core)) as its build backend
 - `manylinux_2_28` Linux wheels now support GPU (OpenCL-based, not CUDA) build automatically... just `pip install lightgbm` then pass `{"device": "gpu"}` in params (thanks jgiannuzzi!)
 - much more use of inline type hints, exported with `py.typed` so any code using LightGBM can benefit
 - support for Python 3.10, 3.11
 - support for `pandas` nullable types
 - configurable threshold (`lgb.early_stopping(..., min_delta=n)`) for how much eval metrics must improve to be considered "improved" for early stopping
 - custom objective functions in Dask
 - `scikit-learn` is no longer a required dependency
 - all callbacks are now pickleable (for better interoperability with e.g. `ray`, Dask) (thanks Yard1!)
* R package:
 - efficient support for more data types in prediction, like `dgCMatrix` and `dsparseMatrix` (thanks david-cortes!)
 - much more idomatic interface... e.g. support for `saveRDS()` and `readRDS()` for `Booster`, `print()` and `summary()` methods for `Dataset` (thanks david-cortes!)
 - various bug fixes related to multiple competing ways to provide parameters
 - support for R 4.2, 4.3

Summary of breaking changes:

* Python package:
 - dropped most testing, promise of support for Python 3.6 (although it should still technically be installable)
 - dropped support for macOS Mojave (10.14)
 - made many functions and class attributes private, including significantly reducing what is pulled in by `from lightgbm import *`
 - removed `setup.py`, `pip install --install-option` support
 - remove support for `pip install --install-option` (to work with newer `pip`, see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11358)
     - see https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/blob/master/python-package/README.rst for new patterns
     - see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11358 and #5061 for background
 - dropped support for installation with `MSBUild.exe` ... that now requires compiling `lib_lightgbm.dll` separately and then building a wheel that bundles it
* R package:
 - dropped support for Solaris
 - removed most support for passing parameters through `...`
 - removed `lgb.unloader()`
 - switched to `predict(newdata, type = ...)` in `predict()`, for consistency with base R and most other machine learning projects

💡 New Features

- [python-package] add 'pandas' extra jameslamb (5937)
- [CUDA] Add more CUDA Regression Metrics Xuweijia-buaa (5924)
- [python-package] adding max_category_values parameter to create_tree_digraph method (fixes 5687) moziada (5818)
- [c++] support building with Ninja on Linux jameslamb (5910)
- add CMakeLists options to disable building CLI, installing headers jameslamb (5880)
- Add quantized training (CPU part) shiyu1994 (5800)
- [CUDA] Add quantile regression objective for new CUDA version shiyu1994 (5605)
- [CUDA] Add quantile metric for new CUDA version (contribute to 5163) shiyu1994 (5665)
- [python-package] add Booster.set_leaf_output method jmoralez (5712)
- feature: Add serialization of reference dataset svotaw (5427)
- [R-package] Accept factor labels and use their levels david-cortes (5341)
- [CUDA] Add binary logloss metric for new CUDA version shiyu1994 (5635)
- [CUDA] Add binary logloss metric for new CUDA version shiyu1994 (5635)
- Decouple Boosting Types (fixes 3128) lyf-00 (4827)
- [CUDA] Add L2 metric for new CUDA version shiyu1994 (5633)
- [CUDA] Add rmse metric for new CUDA version shiyu1994 (5611)
- Build integrated OpenCL Linux wheels jgiannuzzi (5252)
- [CUDA] Add Poisson regression objective for cuda_exp and refactor objective functions for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5486)
- [CUDA] Add multiclass_ova objective for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5491)
- [python-package] add install option to enable printing of time costs Remy-Luciani (5497)
- [python-package][R-package] load parameters from model file (fixes 2613) jmoralez (5424)
- [CUDA] Add multiclass objective for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5473)
- [CUDA] Add feature interaction constraint for cuda_exp (fix 4785) shiyu1994 (5474)
- [CUDA] Add rank_xendcg objective for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5472)
- [CUDA] Add fair regression objective for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5469)
- [CUDA] Add lambdarank objective for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5453)
- [CUDA] Add Huber regression objective for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5462)
- [CUDA] Add L1 regression objective for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5457)
- [CUDA] L2 regression objective for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5452)
- [CUDA] Add binary objective for cuda_exp shiyu1994 (5425)
- [R-package] Add remainder of prediction funtions david-cortes (5312)
- [python-package] support saving and loading CVBooster (fixes 3556) nyanp (5160)
- feature: Add true streaming APIs to reduce client-side memory usage svotaw (5299)
- [python-package] highlight the path a sample takes through a tree in `plot_tree` and `create_tree_digraph` (fixes 4784) jmoralez (5119)
- reproducible parameter alias resolution for wrappers (fixes 5304) jmoralez (5338)
- [CUDA] Initial work for boosting and evaluation with CUDA shiyu1994 (5279)
- [python-package] add validate_features argument to refit jmoralez (5331)
- [python-package] check feature names in predict with dataframe (fixes 812) jmoralez (4909)
- [R-package] Add sparse feature contribution predictions david-cortes (5108)
- [python-package][R-package] allow using feature names when retrieving number of bins jmoralez (5116)
- [R-package] Keep row names in output from `predict` david-cortes (4977)
- [python] make `reset_parameter` callback pickleable StrikerRUS (5109)
- [python] make `record_evaluation` callback pickleable StrikerRUS (5107)
- [python] make `log_evaluation` callback pickleable StrikerRUS (5101)
- [python] allow to register any custom logger (fixes 4783) RustingSword (4880)
- Load initial scores with binary data files in CLI version shiyu1994 (4807)
- [R-package] Rename `weight` -> `weights` david-cortes (4975)
- [CUDA] New CUDA version Part 1 shiyu1994 (4630)
- [python] make `early_stopping` callback pickleable Yard1 (5012)
- [c-api][python-package][R-package] expose feature num bin jmoralez (5048)
- [python-package] [R-package] propagate the best iteration of cvbooster into the individual boosters jmoralez (5066)
- [python-package] add support for pandas nullable types jmoralez (4927)
- [R-package] Promote objective and init_score to top-level arguments in `lightgbm()` david-cortes (4976)
- [python] Start supporting Python 3.10 StrikerRUS (4893)
- [python-package] support customizing Dataset creation in Booster.refit() (fixes 3038) TremaMiguel (4894)
- [dask] add support for custom objective functions (fixes 3934) jameslamb (4920)
- [R-package] added argument eval_train_metric to lgb.cv() (fixes 4911) mayer79 (4918)
- Add support for Visual Studio 2022 StrikerRUS (4889)
- Add C API function that returns all parameter names with their aliases StrikerRUS (4829)
- [python][sklearn] respect parameters for predictions in `init()` and `set_params()` methods StrikerRUS (4822)
- Add customized parser support chjinche (4782)
- [R-package] Add `print()` and `summary()` methods for Booster david-cortes (4686)
- Add 'nrounds' as an alias for 'num_iterations' (fixes 4743) mikemahoney218 (4746)
- [python-package] early stopping min_delta (fixes 2526) jmoralez (4580)
- [python][sklearn] respect objective aliases StrikerRUS (4758)
- [python][sklearn] add `n_estimators_` and `n_iter_` post-fit attributes StrikerRUS (4753)

🔨 Breaking

- [python-package] make Booster and Dataset 'handle' attributes private (fixes 5313) jameslamb (5947)
- [python-package] remove hard dependency on 'scikit-learn', fix minimal runtime dependencies jameslamb (5942)
- [python-package] [ci] switch to PEP 517 / 518 builds (remove `setup.py`) (fixes 5061) jameslamb (5759)
- [ci] [python-package] replace 'python setup.py' with a shell script jameslamb (5837)
- [R-package] use C++17 in the CRAN package jameslamb (5690)
- [python-package] make some Booster and Dataset attributes private jameslamb (5723)
- [CUDA] consolidate CUDA versions jameslamb (5677)
- [python-package] make public API members explicit with module-level __all__ variables jameslamb (5655)
- [ci] migrate CI from macOS 10.15 to 11 (fixes 5391) StrikerRUS (5396)
- [ci] switch to manylinux_2_28 for Linux artifacts (fixes 5514, fixes 5589) jameslamb (5580)
- fix: Adjust LGBM_DatasetCreateFromSampledColumn to handle distributed data svotaw (5344)
- [python-package] allow custom weighing in fobj for scikit-learn API (closes 5027) jmoralez (5211)
- [R-package] Use `type` argument to control prediction types david-cortes (5133)
- [python-package] Use scikit-learn interpretation of negative `n_jobs` and change default to number of cores david-cortes (5105)
- [python-package] remove Booster.set_attr() and Booster.attr() jameslamb (5272)
- remove support for Solaris (fixes 5216) jameslamb (5226)
- [R-package] stop automatically calculating eval metrics on training data in lightgbm() jameslamb (5209)
- [R-package] remove lgb.unloader() jameslamb (5204)
- [python-package] remove 'fobj' in favor of passing custom objective function in params TremaMiguel (5052)
- [python-package] remove is_reshape argument in Booster.predict (fixes 5115) jmoralez (5117)
- [R-package] Remove `reshape` argument in `predict` david-cortes (4971)
- [R-package] Promote number of threads to top-level argument in `lightgbm()` and change default to number of cores david-cortes (4972)
- [R-package] Rename `data` -> `newdata` in `predict` david-cortes (4973)
- Build Windows artifacts in `windows-2019` image instead of `vs2017-win2016` StrikerRUS (5059)
- [python-package] use 2d collections for predictions, grads and hess in multiclass custom objective jmoralez (4925)
- [R-package] prefer params to keyword argument in lgb.train() jameslamb (5007)
- [R-package] remove behavior where lightgbm() saves model to disk david-cortes (4974)
- [python-package] make record_evaluation compatible with cv (fixes 4943) jmoralez (4947)
- [python] remove `early_stopping_rounds` argument of `train()` and `cv()` functions StrikerRUS (4908)
- [python] remove `evals_result` argument of `train()` function StrikerRUS (4882)
- [python][sklearn] do not replace empty dict with `None` for `evals_result_` StrikerRUS (4884)
- [python] Drop Python 3.6 support StrikerRUS (4891)
- [python] remove `verbose_eval` argument of `train()` and `cv()` functions StrikerRUS (4878)
- [python] remove `verbose` argument of `model_from_string()` method of Booster class StrikerRUS (4877)
- [python][sklearn] Remove `early_stopping_rounds` argument of `fit()` method StrikerRUS (4846)
- [R-package] remove support for '...' in `slice()` jameslamb (4872)
- [R-package] remove support for '...' in `lgb.Dataset()` jameslamb (4874)
- [R-package] remove support for '...' in `dim.lgb.Dataset()` jameslamb (4873)
- [R-package] remove support for '...' in lgb.train() jameslamb (4863)
- [R-package] remove support for '...' in `create_valid()` jameslamb (4865)
- [R-package] remove support for 'info' in Dataset jameslamb (4866)
- [R-package] remove Dataset getinfo() jameslamb (4864)
- [R-package] remove support for '...' in lgb.cv() jameslamb (4860)
- [R-package] remove Dataset setinfo() jameslamb (4854)
- [R-package] remove support for '...' in predict() jameslamb (4857)
- [R-package] remove support for '...' in Booster reset_parameter() jameslamb (4856)
- [python][sklearn] unify values of `best_iteration` for sklearn and standard APIs StrikerRUS (4845)
- [ci] migrate CI from macOS 10.14 to 10.15 and drop support of Mojave StrikerRUS (4849)
- [R-package] enable saving Booster with saveRDS() and loading it with readRDS() (fixes 4296) david-cortes (4685)
- [python][sklearn] remove `verbose` argument from `fit()` method StrikerRUS (4832)
- [python] remove `learning_rates` argument of `train()` function StrikerRUS (4831)
- [python] remove "auto" value of `ylabel` argument of `plot_metric()` function StrikerRUS (4818)
- [python] Remove `print_evaluation()` function StrikerRUS (4819)
- [python] Remove `silent` argument StrikerRUS (4800)


🚀 Efficiency Improvement

- Add quantized training (CPU part) shiyu1994 (5800)
- [python-package] replace .values usage with .to_numpy() superlaut (5612)
- clear memory allocated for sampled data when constructing Dataset from text file xuchuanyin (4890)
- [python] Faster categorical column names selection Neronuser (4787)
- [R-package] parallelize compilation in CMake-based builds jameslamb (4525)
- [python-package] simplify Dataset processing of label jameslamb (5456)
- [python-package] make a shallow copy on dataframe rename (fixes 4596) jmoralez (5254)
- [python-package] make a shallow copy when replacing categorical features with codes (fixes 4596) jmoralez (5225)
- [R-package] reduce cost of repeated parameter alias checks jameslamb (5141)
- reduce duplicate computation in poisson, gamma, and tweedie objectives lorentzenchr (4950)

🐛 Bug Fixes

- move LightGBM-vendored json11 into a LightGBM-specific namespace (fixes 5944) maskedcoder1337 (5946)
- [dask] hold ports until training jmoralez (5890)
- update MSBuild solution to Windows SDK v10.0, add inet_pton define (fixes 5856) jameslamb (5884)
- Fix DEBUG-mode GPU builds GinkoBalboa (5778)
- cast data_index as size_t in cuda_row_data to avoid integer overflow SiNZeRo (5706)
- [ci] [R-package] fix clang 15 warning about unqualified calls (fixes 5661) jameslamb (5662)
- Check feature indexes in forced split file (fixes 5517) btrotta (5653)
- fix feature index in Dataset::AddFeaturesFrom (fixes 5410) jameslamb (5650)
- Check feature indexes in forced split file (fixes 5517) btrotta (5653)
- fix feature index in Dataset::AddFeaturesFrom (fixes 5410) jameslamb (5650)
- [ci] [python-package] fix missing import, test that lightgbm can be imported with only required dependencies (fixes 5631) jameslamb (5632)
- Fix OpenMP thread allocation in Linux svotaw (5551)
- [R-package] correctly quote paths on Windows for CMake-based builds jameslamb (5607)
- [ci] [python-package] correct tag on x86_64 wheels jameslamb (5598)
- [tests][dask] fix workers without data test (fixes 5537) jmoralez (5544)
- prefer 'vsnprintf' to 'vsprintf' jameslamb (5561)
- [ci] fix R-package CI jobs and compatibility with OpenMP 15+ (fixes 5549, 5562) jameslamb (5563)
- include parameters from reference dataset on subset (fixes 5402) jmoralez (5416)
- [python-package] ignore training set on early stopping callback (fixes 5354) jmoralez (5412)
- [fix] change the destructor of ScoreUpdater to virtual (fixes 5400) shiyu1994 (5403)
- Add default definition for GetColWiseData and GetColWiseData shiyu1994 (5413)
- Fix potential overflow in linear trees StrikerRUS (5395)
- Use double precision in threaded calculation of linear tree coefficients (fixes 5226) btrotta (5368)
- [R-package] raise an informative error when custom objective produces incorrect output (fixes 5323) jmoralez (5329)
- Clear split info buffer in cost efficient gradient boosting before every iteration (fix partially 3679) shiyu1994 (5164)
- [c++][fix] check nullable of bin mappers in dataset_loader.cpp (fix 5221) shiyu1994 (5258)
- [python] Fix training on subset constructed without params StrikerRUS (5213)
- Check existence of inet_pton for win32 in CMakeLists.txt (fixes 5019) shiyu1994 (5159)
- Fix potential overflow "Multiplication result converted to larger type" StrikerRUS (5189)
- [R-package] ensure that callbacks respect verbosity from params jameslamb (5199)
- fix precision lost in tree's ToIfElse Grass-CLP (5187)
- fix some wrong format specifiers StrikerRUS (5190)
- [R-package] allow use of categorical_features in Dataset when raw data does not have column names (fixes 4374) jmoralez (5184)
- [c-api] check number of features when retrieving number of bins jmoralez (5183)
- [CUDA] Fix integer overflow in cuda row-wise data shiyu1994 (5167)
- [R-package] ensure values in params override keyword arguments to predict() (fixes 4670) jameslamb (5122)
- check nullable of bin_mappers in DatasetLoader::CheckCategoricalFeatureNumBin (fix 5145) shiyu1994 (5146)
- [CUDA] Fix row-wise histogram construction with dense data matrix shiyu1994 (5103)
- [fix] fix duplicate added initial scores for single-leaf trees shiyu1994 (5050)
- [python] fixes for supporting 2d numpy arrays for predictions, grads and hess in multiclass custom objective and eval StrikerRUS (5030)
- CUDATreeLearner: free GPU memory in destructor if any allocated denmoroz (4963)
- Use `delete[]` where appropriate instead of `delete` david-cortes (4984)
- Pass train dataset parser config to valid dataset loading parser chjinche (4985)
- [R-package] Fix custom objective detection in `print.lgb.Booster()` StrikerRUS (4941)
- gpu allocate memory overflow (fixes 4926) jiapengwen (4928)
- [R-package] respect 'verbose' argument in lgb.cv() (fixes 4667) jameslamb (4903)
- [R-package] Apply patch for R4.2 on Windows shiyu1994 (4923)
- [R-package] respect aliases for objective and metric and lgb.train() and lgb.cv() jameslamb (4913)
- [python] raise an informative error instead of segfaulting when custom objective produces incorrect output yaxxie (4815)
- [R-package] fix handling of duplicate parameters (fixes 4521) jameslamb (4914)
- [R-package] update parameter 'verbosity' based on keyword arg 'verbose' jameslamb (4899)
- [R-package] fix CVBooster reset_parameter() method (fixes 4900) jameslamb (4901)
- [python] reset storage in record evaluation callback each time before starting training StrikerRUS (4885)
- [python] reset storages in early stopping callback after finishing training StrikerRUS (4868)
- [R-package] fix `--no-build-vignettes` option for `build-cran-package.sh` jameslamb (4848)
- [python][docs] fix type hints for custom functions and remove vague `array-like` wording StrikerRUS (4816)
- Always respect forced splits, even when feature_fraction < 1.0 (fixes 4601) tongwu-msft (4725)
- Reset OpenMP thread number if num_threads <= 0 hzy46 (4704)

📖 Documentation

- [docs] fix broken link to contributor GitHub account jameslamb (5959)
- [docs] add versionadded notes for v4.0.0 features jameslamb (5948)
- [docs] Add scikit-learn for intersphinx (fixes 5954) thomasjpfan (5956)
- [docs] more fixes for broken links jameslamb (5941)
- [docs] remove outdated information in Python install docs jameslamb (5938)
- [docs] fix broken links in docs jameslamb (5939)
- [docs] add quantized training paper to docs jameslamb (5923)
- [docs] Update Quick Start jaceklaskowski (5900)
- [docs] recommend a more efficient source installation of the python package jameslamb (5881)
- adjusted bagging_freq parameter description moziada (5698)
- [docs] remove unnecessary interactivity in 'docker run' instructions jameslamb (5692)
- [docs] [R-package] mention {bonsai} in the docs jameslamb (5652)
- [docs] encourage use of releases for GUI-only installations jameslamb (5649)
- [docs] update CPU dockerfiles (fixes 5550) jameslamb (5601)
- [docs] update cran-comments.md for v3.3.4 release jameslamb (5646)
- [docs] add postgresml to list of external repos jameslamb (5565)
- [docs] Improve docs: fix consistency of dots in C API and add notes about new ``time-costs`` Python-package build option StrikerRUS (5554)
- [R-package] [docs] use CRAN canonical form for package links jameslamb (5504)
- [docs] Fix link to Optuna's LightGBMTuner example knshnb (5519)
- [docs]fix a typo in docs/Features.rst JiantingFeng (5463)
- Use ROC-AUC metric for classification model in examples Green-16 (5440)
- [docs] Fix links StrikerRUS (5451)
- [R-package] Fix docstrings for predict functions StrikerRUS (5444)
- [R-package] [docs] clarify shape of predictions jameslamb (5384)
- [python-package] Improve readme on experimental cuda usage thomasaarholt (5386)
- [docs] [R-package] document how to regenerate roxygen docs jameslamb (5382)
- [R-package] [docs] fix typo in documentation on init_model sebffischer (5379)
- [docs] [R-package] upgrade to roxygen2 7.2.1 jameslamb (5381)
- [ci] make check-docs job compatible with rstcheck 6.x jameslamb (5388)
- [docs][python] Fix return types in docstrings StrikerRUS (5326)
- [docs] set language = 'en' in Sphinx config jameslamb (5322)
- [R-package] [docs] document difference between lightgbm() and lgb.train() (fixes 5203) jameslamb (5273)
- [docs] Use https links in docs StrikerRUS (5284)
- [R-package] [docs] upgrade docs to roxygen2==7.2.0 jameslamb (5251)
- [docs] Update broken links in docs StrikerRUS (5265)
- [docs] add Microsoft security policy (fixes 5235) jameslamb (5264)
- [R-package] update roles in DESCRIPTION StrikerRUS (5192)
- [docs] Fix formula in path smoothing docs (fixes 5139) samFarrellDay (5154)
- [docs] Document behaviour of the first linear estimator Pablo-Davila (5132)
- [docs] use 'docker run --rm' in valgrind instructions jameslamb (5127)
- [docs] use 'docker run --rm' in autoconf instructions jameslamb (5125)
- [docs] Improve rendering of class properties in docs StrikerRUS (5078)
- [python-package][docs] Booster eval methods accept list of callables TremaMiguel (5054)
- [docs] update categorical feature description in Advanced Topics StrikerRUS (5044)
- Correct documentation for sparse predictions david-cortes (4979)
- [docs][R-package] Use direct link for the list of supported objectives StrikerRUS (5029)
- [Docs] Weights non-negative for train data TremaMiguel (5013)
- [docs] improve docs for sklearn wrapper StrikerRUS (5026)
- [docs] clarify that categorical features will be converted to integers internally jmoralez (4959)
- [docs] clarify that custom eval functions are not only used on training data jameslamb (5011)
- [docs] document rounding behavior of floating point numbers in categorical features StrikerRUS (5009)
- Change docs for feval akshitadixit (5002)
- [docs] document `conda-forge` channel preference over `default` one and describe possible workaround for OpenMP conflicts in FAQ StrikerRUS (4994)
- Add Nyoka to README StrikerRUS (4992)
- [docs] minor docs improvements StrikerRUS (4938)
- [R-package] [docs] fix calculation of R test coverage (fixes 4919) jameslamb (4922)
- [docs] Update link to FLAML code example qingyun-wu (4892)
- [R-package] [docs] add Michael Mayer to DESCRIPTION jameslamb (4867)
- [docs] document that `pred_early_stop` can be used only in normal and raw scores prediction StrikerRUS (4823)
- [R-package] [docs] add intro vignette (3946) jameslamb (4775)
- [docs] fix broken SynapseML link StrikerRUS (4795)
- [docs] [dask] Add return information to Dask fit() docs (fixes 4402) jameslamb (4716)
- [docs] add specific estimator names to sklearn fit() docs jameslamb (4774)
- [docs] [R-package] update cran-comments for v3.3.1 release jameslamb (4738)
- [ci] only use conda-forge when installing R packages in docs builds jameslamb (4767)
- [docs] improve docs about `nthreads` parameter StrikerRUS (4756)
- [docs] update link to LightGBM Ruby StrikerRUS (4740)
- [docs] fix broken SynapseML link jameslamb (4712)

🧰 Maintenance

- [c++] virtual destructor for gradient discretizer shiyu1994 (5965)
- [python-package] avoid data_has_header check in predict() jameslamb (5970)
- [ci] [python-package] Add CI job testing compatibility with oldest possible versions jameslamb (5936)
- [ci] add Python 3.11 test coverage jameslamb (5922)
- [ci] increase valgrind timeout to 6 hours jameslamb (5953)
- [python-package] ignore pip cache dir in build-python.sh jameslamb (5945)
- [ci] remove brew update-reset again (fixes 5670) jameslamb (5925)
- [python-package] ensure 'build-python.sh' always reinstalls (fixes 5906) jameslamb (5907)
- [python-package] remove unnecessary Boost files from sdists jameslamb (5912)
- [ci] stop relying on cran.microsoft.com in CI jobs jameslamb (5909)
- [ci] use an MRAN snapshot for R 3.6 Linux jobs (fixes 5898) jameslamb (5903)
- [ci] [python-package] use ruff, enforce flake8-bugbear and flake8-comprehensions checks jameslamb (5871)
- [ci] [python-package] fix mypy errors in sklearn.py jameslamb (5886)
- Add SWIG byte pointers svotaw (5832)
- [ci] [python-package] fix mypy error in Dataset.set_categorical_feature() jameslamb (5883)
- [ci] fix wheel renaming in test.sh jameslamb (5877)
- [ci] [python-package] tell mypy 'auto' has a special meaning for feature_name and categorical_feature jameslamb (5874)
- [ci] [python-package] move tool configuration to pyproject.toml jameslamb (5872)
- [ci] use Python 3.11 in linting CI job jameslamb (5873)
- [ci] use lowercase library names in linker flags characat0 (5870)
- [ci] minor fixes to build-python.sh jameslamb (5869)
- [ci] [python-package] resolve remaining mypy errors in dask.py jameslamb (5858)
- [ci] [python-package] check distributions with pydistcheck jameslamb (5838)
- [ci] remove R 3.6 macOS CI jobs jameslamb (5859)
- [ci] [python-package] fix mypy errors about Dataset._set_init_score_by_predictor() jameslamb (5850)
- [python-package] [ci] fix mypy errors in Booster.__inner_predict() jameslamb (5852)
- [ci] [python-package] fix mypy errors in Booster.refit() jameslamb (5853)
- [ci] add tests on cv() with an init_model jameslamb (5851)
- [ci] [python-package] fix mypy error about dask._predict_part() jameslamb (5849)
- [ci] [python-package] fix mypy error about return_cvbooster in cv() jameslamb (5845)
- [python-package] move validation up earlier in cv() and train() jameslamb (5836)
- [python-package] remove default arguments in internal functions jameslamb (5834)
- [python-package] fix mypy error about used_indices in Dataset.subset() jameslamb (5833)
- [ci] put a temporary ceiling on pip jameslamb (5835)
- [ci] [dask] fix mypy errors about predict() signature jameslamb (5827)
- [python-package] fix mypy error in Dataset.__init_from_list_np2d() jameslamb (5826)
- [ci] [python-package] fix mypy errors in cv() jameslamb (5828)
- [python-package] [docs] complete type annotations for scikit-learn fit() methods jameslamb (5816)
- [ci] remove pin on tinytex in R CI jobs jameslamb (5821)
- [ci] moving linting into small scripts (fixes 5142) jameslamb (5809)
- [python-package] add more type annotations in basic.py jameslamb (5812)
- [python-package] add type annotations on some array methods in basic.py jameslamb (5813)
- [python-package] add type annotations on Booster.trees_to_dataframe() inner functions jameslamb (5811)
- [python-package] fix type annotations for eval result tracking jameslamb (5793)
- [python-package] fix mypy error in Booster.get_split_value_histogram() jameslamb (5794)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about early stopping rounds jameslamb (5795)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about custom eval and metric functions jameslamb (5790)
- [python-packages] [docs] add type hints and define 'array-like' for X, y, group in scikit-learn interface jameslamb (5757)
- remove unused variables from bin.cpp jmoralez (5801)
- [ci] fix LaTeX tools installation in R jobs (fixes 5802) jameslamb (5807)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about scikit-learn properties jameslamb (5788)
- [python-package] add hint on dtypes in Dataset.set_field() jameslamb (5787)
- [python-package] replace uses of scipy.sparse.issparse() with isinstance() jameslamb (5784)
- [python-package] fix mypy error about cpu_count() methods jameslamb (5786)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about Dataset.params jameslamb (5780)
- [python-package] ignore some mypy errors in _DaskLGBMModel jameslamb (5774)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about ctypes pointers jameslamb (5779)
- [python-package] fix mypy error about dask._HostWorkers.__eq__() jameslamb (5782)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about validation sets in sklearn.py jameslamb (5724)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about missing annotations and incompatible types IdoKendo (5672)
- [python-package] add type hints on sklearn properties jameslamb (5771)
- [python-package] add type hints for functions accepting dtypes jameslamb (5773)
- [ci] isolate c_api_test library-loading from Python source tree jameslamb (5761)
- [python-package] [dask] add type annotations on dask._HostWorkers jameslamb (5766)
- [python-package] [dask] fix mypy errors about Dask fit() return types jameslamb (5756)
- [python-package] use keyword arguments in predict() calls jameslamb (5755)
- [python-package] add type hints on label jameslamb (5754)
- [python-package] add type hints on group, init_score, and weight jameslamb (5753)
- [python-package] add type hints on raw data passed to Dataset and Booster jameslamb (5752)
- [python-package] add type hints on feature_name and categorical_feature in sklearn interface jameslamb (5747)
- [python-package] add type hints on fit() return and callbacks in sklearn.py jameslamb (5748)
- [python-package] add type hints on Booster predict() methods jameslamb (5749)
- [python-package] add more type hints in basic.py jameslamb (5729)
- [python-package] fix mypy error about ctypes array creation jameslamb (5726)
- [python-package] add type hints on Dataset feature processing jameslamb (5745)
- [ci] speed up conda setup for macOS and Linux jobs jameslamb (5743)
- [python-package] remove default values in internal functions jameslamb (5730)
- [python-package] use _DatasetHandle type hint jameslamb (5740)
- [ci] skip Dask tests on GPU builds jameslamb (5741)
- [python-package] fix _LGBM_CustomMetricFunction typing Deimos357 (5736)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about Dataset handle jameslamb (5722)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about cv() internals jameslamb (5725)
- [python-package] change types in sklearn.py initializations jameslamb (5718)
- [python-package] [dask] fix mypy errors regarding predict_proba IdoKendo (5728)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about custom eval functions in sklearn.py jameslamb (5721)
- [python-package] fix mypy error about log callback jameslamb (5720)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors around eval metrics in sklearn.py jameslamb (5719)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors about _InnerPredictor jameslamb (5714)
- [dask] fix mypy errors about padded eval_results jameslamb (5716)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors in compat.py and libpath.py jameslamb (5711)
- [python-package] add more type hints in sklearn.py jameslamb (5710)
- [python-package] add type hints on plotting code jameslamb (5708)
- [ci] [python-package] enforce 'twine check' and 'check-wheel-contents' on Python distributions jameslamb (5707)
- [python-package] declare the use of inline type hints jameslamb (5709)
- [python-package] remove some inner function definitions jameslamb (5704)
- [python-package] add more type hints jameslamb (5694)
- [ci] restore flake8 checks jameslamb (5703)
- [python-package] Fix mypy errors for fit() incompatible signature IdoKendo (5679)
- [R-package] discourage use of regex for fixed string comparisons jameslamb (5685)
- [ci] get clang-15 from bookworm repository (fixes 5688) jameslamb (5689)
- [ci] speed up conda setup for some jobs jameslamb (5668)
- bump development version to v3.3.5.99 jameslamb (5681)
- [python-package] Fix mypy errors for predict() method IdoKendo (5678)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors for eval_at and basic IdoKendo (5674)
- [ci] [python-package] enforce flake8 checks (fixes 5566) jameslamb (5659)
- [python-package] remove `Dataset.feature_penalty` jameslamb (5656)
- [ci] fix brew errors in R macOS jobs (fixes 5670) jameslamb (5671)
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- [R-package] remove unused callback cb.reset.parameter jameslamb (4871)
- [python-package][dask] handle failures parsing worker host names jameslamb (4852)
- [python-package] [dask] fix mypy error about worker_addresses jameslamb (4851)
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- [python-package] remove unused imports jameslamb (4850)
- [python-package] fix mypy errors in engine.py jameslamb (4839)
- [python-package] [dask] fix mypy errors from dask.py docstrings jameslamb (4844)
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- [python-package] fix mypy errors in plotting.py jameslamb (4838)
- [python-package] fix mypy error about missing type hint in dask.py jameslamb (4840)
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- [python] improve warning message about aliases in `cv()` function StrikerRUS (4766)
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3.3.5

Changes

This is a special release, put up to prevent the R package from being archived on CRAN.

See 5661 and 5662 for context.

This release only contains the changes, relative to `v3.3.4`, necessary to prevent removal of the R package from CRAN.

💡 New Features

None

🔨 Breaking

None

🚀 Efficiency Improvement

None

🐛 Bug Fixes

- [ci] [R-package] fix clang 15 warning about unqualified calls (fixes 5661) jameslamb (662)

📖 Documentation

None

🧰 Mainte