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[python-package] Add support for NumPy 2.0, test against nightly versions of dependencies (fixes #6454) (#6467)

* [ci]: Bump actions/checkout from 1 to 4 in the ci-dependencies group

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


Updates `actions/checkout` from 1 to 4
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v1...v4

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/checkout
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
  dependency-group: ci-dependencies
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* downgrade a few

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[ci] Skip Arrow tests on AppVeyor, use Intel macOS runners, upgrade to XCode 14.3 on macOS jobs, disable MacOS MPI jobs (#6425)

* [ci] speed up if-else, swig, and lint conda setup

* add 'source activate'

* python constraint

* start removing cuda v1

* comment out CI

* remove more references

* revert some unnecessaary changes

* revert a few more mistakes

* revert another change that ignored params

* sigh

* remove CUDATreeLearner

* fix tests, docs

* fix quoting in setup.py

* restore all CI

* Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: shiyu1994 <shiyu_k1994@qq.com>

* Apply suggestions from code review

* completely remove cuda_exp, update docs

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