GitLab

* first test of appveyor

* strings are strings

* lil bit of build script

* fixing paths

* removed unnecessary file

* updated CRAN URL

* added a lot more printing

* fixing paths

* more stuff

* fixed paths

* more stuff

* more path guessing

* even more paths

* more stuff

* moar logz

* and now for something totally different

* please work

* ok could be a thing

* changing directories

* we might be in business

* fixed install syntax

* tryinv mingw

* more mingw

* ignore Suggests check

* trying Azure DevOps

* just run bare minimum for Azure DevOps

* fixed  build dir thing

* trying to set libPaths

* more testing

* trying R 3.6.3

* R 3.6.3

* this feels right

* still messing around with libraries

* more paths

* removed duplication in Windows testing code

* simpler

* fixed conda stuff

* more conda stuff

* more fixes

* fixed testing script

* moved AppVeyor setup to the top

* commenting

* ch-ch-ch-ch-chaaaanges

* paths

* plz work

* fixed conda stuff in Windows CI

* uncommented stuff to test a full build

* fixed quotes and removed some unnecessary stuff

* added install.libs.R change

* quotes are impoortant

* added commented-out stuff back in

* added Windows script, download retries, and MSVC linking

* minor fixes

* cleaned up debugging code in FindLibR

* cleaned up debugging code and moved R first in CI

* fixed vsts-ci indentation

* cut documentation stuff out of MSVC build

* fix R CMD check for Azure

* misc whitespace changes

* Added echoing of build logs from R CMD check

* cut out more documentation tests

* fixed NOTE about imports from Matrix

* moved some changes out of this PR and into #2963

* fixed whitespace stuff

* added check on number of NOTES

* adding better checks

* fixing check on NOTEs

* removing unnecessary variable

* Update .ci/test_r_package_windows.ps1
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* some changes

* fix quoting

* trying MINGW on Azure DevOps

* fixing paths

* more paths

* fixing paths

* testing paths

* fixing slashes

* pinned CTAN mirror

* get better logs

* made sure Azure finds MinGW, fixed search for LIBR_CORE_LIBRARY, stopped building R docs on Azure

* Apply suggestions from code review
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* added CXX, CC for Windows builds and changed back to building docs on all MINGW builds

* stored LIBR_CORE_LIBRARY hints in one variable

* Apply suggestions from code review
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* changes from code review

* increased parallel builds for Azure CI

* Apply suggestions from code review
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* Revert "specify the last supported version of scikit-learn (#2637)"

This reverts commit d1002776.

* ban scikit-learn 0.22.0 and skip broken test

* fix updated test

* fix lint test

* Revert "fix lint test"

This reverts commit 8b4db0805fe7a9e7f7eb0be3eac231f85026d196.

* [ci] reduced duplication in Python Windows CI

* fixed typo

* reorganized

* fixed task name

* Update .ci/test_windows.ps1
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* changes from code review

* added conda init powershell back

* Update .ci/test_windows.ps1
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* Switched to absolute paths

* fixed env variables
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* compile SWIG artifact on Windows

* compile SWIG artifact on Windows

* combined swig and sdist jobs for Linux

* added conditions for artifacts publishing

* added SWIG artifact compilation on macOS

* hotfix

* test: switch compilers

* harsh workaround for OpenMP library conflict

* switch compilers back

* consistent order of tasks in condition

* dummy commit to trigger CI and fix CLA

* set platform via A option

* style hotfix

* updated R installation script

* updated Python installation script

* updated CI test script

* provide VS version-ingependent link for redistributables download

* added link to VS 2019 redistributables

* added VS 2019 match for Boost binaries

* Update Features.rst

* Update .appveyor.yml

* Update test_windows.ps1

* Update test_windows.ps1

* Update .appveyor.yml

* Update test_windows.ps1

* Update .appveyor.yml

* ci fix

* ci fix for Appveyor

* actually firx Appveyor

* refined command status check

* refined Appveyor

* redirect all warnings to stdout

* execute notebooks on CIs

* run notebooks in interactive mode and increase timeout for MinGW

* hotfix alphabetically sort packages installation

* speed up the build

* remove gpu docker

* add boost ppa

* remove duplicate installs

* Update test.sh

* conda install mkl qt

* addd windows

* Update .vsts-ci.yml

* fix gpu boost

* reorganized CI files

* merged scripts into one

* refined Appveyor

* run all tests at Appveyor

* refined VSTS Windows part

* return back old MinGW version

* fixed weird MinGW bug

* don't test Python 3.7 at Windows

* disable tree rendering at Appveyor

* give names to scripts in VSTS Windows and artifacts parts