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* fix travis badge

* updated GitHub Microsoft URL

* Update Features.rst

* Update .appveyor.yml

* Update test_windows.ps1

* Update test_windows.ps1

* Update .appveyor.yml

* Update test_windows.ps1

* Update .appveyor.yml

* updated boost submodule

* updated docker with new stable Clang and CMake

* switch to dev docker

* updated setup script

* updated MinGW on Appveyor

* updated Azure config to use docker for GPU task

* do not upgrade gcc - takes too long

* test: switch compilers

* switch compilers back

* get back to main docker

* ci fix

* ci fix for Appveyor

* actually firx Appveyor

* Update VERSION.txt

* Update .appveyor.yml

* Update DESCRIPTION

* refined command status check

* refined Appveyor

* redirect all warnings to stdout

* added test for huge string model

* fixed tree sizes field

* simplified model structure

* fixed test and added try/except

[ci][docs] updated temp fix for warning written to stderr, fixed conda permissions and updated bench link (#1849)

* Update .appveyor.yml

* updated bench link (404)

* fixed conda permission error on Azure

* use stable container

* Update VERSION.txt

* Update .appveyor.yml

* Update DESCRIPTION

* execute notebooks on CIs

* run notebooks in interactive mode and increase timeout for MinGW

* hotfix alphabetically sort packages installation

* sort package installation

* fixed FutureWarning about cv default value

* fixed according to new check_estimator API

* fixed joblib warning

* using different version for master branch with release

* Update .travis.yml

* Update .travis.yml

* Update VERSION.txt

* Update DESCRIPTION

* Update .appveyor.yml

* Update .appveyor.yml

* Update DESCRIPTION

* Update VERSION.txt

* Update .appveyor.yml

* Update DESCRIPTION

* Update VERSION.txt

* Update DESCRIPTION

* 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

* Fix CI (#1652)

* Update .travis.yml

* Update .appveyor.yml

* only tags for build

* Update .vsts-ci.yml

* Update .vsts-ci.yml

* fixed paths in python-package installation

* less cd commands at CI

* hotfix

* added copying missed file from windows directory

* not copy filters file

* refined paths in nuget creation script

* removed filters file from MANIFEST.in

* fix bugs

* many fixes

* remove duplicate lines

* test for mingw

* Not nuget in appveyor

* remove mingw build

* Update test.sh

* Update test.sh

* Update test.sh

* fixed macOS wheel name

* don't run docs test at VSTS

* made nuget creating script directory independent

* updated pep8 to pycodestyle

* fixed E722 do not use bare 'except'

* fixed W605 invalid escape sequence '\*'

* fixed W504 line break after binary operator

* ignore W605 invalid escape sequence '\*' in nuget builder

* made pycodestyle happy

* updated travis

* renamed OSX->macOS; updated gcc installation on macOS

* updated travis macos installation

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* updated installation guide for macos

* fixed spelling

* renamed appveyor file

* updated Travis

* many fixes for categorical feature

* add l2 to categorcial split.

* remove useless file

* update version

* add cat_l2

* update appveyor verison

* remove file

* fix tests.

* change default cat_l2 value

* fix a bug in bin finder

* change default cat_smooth_ratio

* travis cleanup

* removed precompiled files in windows folder from sdist command

* removed rubbish from install folder

* added compute folder

* disabled logs from compilers; fixed #874

* fixed safe clear_fplder

* added windows folder to manifest.in

* added windows folder to build

* added library path

* added compilation with MSBuild from .sln-file

* fixed unknown PlatformToolset returns exitcode 0

* hotfix

* updated Readme

* removed return

* added installation with mingw test to appveyor

* let's test appveyor with both VS 2015 and VS 2017; but MinGW isn't installed on VS 2017 image

* fixed built-in name 'file'

* simplified appveyor

* removed excess data_files

* fixed unreadable paths

* separated exceptions for cmake and mingw

* refactored silent_call

* don't create artifacts with VS 2015 and mingw

* be more precise with python versioning in Travis

* removed unnecessary if statement

* added classifiers for PyPI and python versions badge

* changed python version in travis

* added support of scikit-learn 0.18.x

* added more python versions to Travis

* added more python versions to Appveyor

* reduced number of tests in Travis

* Travis trick is not needed anymore

* attempt to fix according to https://github.com/Microsoft/LightGBM/pull/880#discussion_r137438856