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* [ci] consolidate R package installs into a CI script

* use CRAN_MIRROR and R_LIB_PATH consistently

* shorter lines and fix reference

* fix type option

* add extension

* fix invocations on Windows

* more fixes

* binary

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* make install-r-deps more flexible

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* bump development version to v4.6.0.99

* Auto-update configure

* Update python-package/pyproject.toml

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[R-package] require lgb.Dataset, remove support for passing 'colnames' and 'categorical_feature' for lgb.train() and lgb.cv() (#6714)

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* dev

* dev

* dev

* dev

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* bump version

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[ci]: Bump release-drafter/release-drafter in the ci-dependencies group

Bumps the ci-dependencies group with 1 update: [release-drafter/release-drafter](https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter).


Updates `release-drafter/release-drafter` from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0

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* ci/yamlint-4

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* Update optional_checks.yml

* Update lock.yml

* Update optional_checks.yml

* [python-package] support Python 3.13

* update everything in the base conda environment, not just conda

* python packages now use 'cp' instead of 'cpython'

* fix python_package

* get more logs

* try to force a better solver error

* merge latest

* use build= explicitly

* restore all CI, revert debugging changes

* Update .ci/test.sh

* empty commit to re-trigger CI

* update docs conda env

* pin to specific OS and mambaforge

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* update default Python version in .vsts-ci.yml

* remove upper-version pins

* update RTD image

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[python-package] do not copy column-major numpy arrays when creating Dataset from list of arrays (#6773)
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* 1) Fixed Predictor lifecycle
2) Fixed Boosting trees initialization

#5482

* Added tests for LGBM_BoosterPredictForMat in Contrib mode

* #6778 Reverted indentation to 4 spaces

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* [ci] [python-package] build macOS x86_64 wheels on macOS 13 (Ventura)

* update Xcode version

* Update .ci/setup.sh

* fix XCode version detection

* revert debugging change

* remove dsymutil dirs

* avoid producing dsymutil reproducer directories

* restore all CI

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* remove src/treelearner/kernels

* Update CMakeLists.txt

* clean up

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* Update append-comment.sh

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* Update basic.py

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* Update .pre-commit-config.yaml

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* Update interactive_plot_example.ipynb

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* Update basic.py

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* Update test_basic.R

* Update rank_objective.hpp

* Update histogram_16_64_256.cu

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* ensure alphabetical order of rules

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