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* refined Travis tests

* refined VSTS Linux part

* cleanup

* added possibility to test Clang at VSTS

* simplified cp command

* added clang test

* hotfix

* downgrade required AppleCLang version

* fixed CMakeLists

* prevent case when CMake is downgraded by libomp

* fixed Clang test

* moved MSVC version check to the better place

* compile with Clang at Travis on Linux

* clear .travis.yml

* fixed indents

* added support of MPI test at Travis with macOS

* added FAQ entry about OpenMP library error

* updated installation guide

* moved APPLE_OUTPUT_DYLIB to other options

* fix check-docs test: ignore old url from error message

* added example of symlink command in FAQ

* fixed markdown

* capitalized heading

* updated Python installation guide

* changed mode in message command

* added notes about MinGW efficiency problems

* updated R-package installation guide

* use quotes for gcc version

* removed excess 'Note' phrase

* 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

* added parameters consistency test

* less if statements at Travis

* fixed js emulation command and changing device_type on macOS

* removed excess import

* added tests for plotting trees in Python

* refined module_INSTALLED mechanism

* added note about that create_tree_digraph is better than plot_tree

* updated link to AMD APP SDK

* less cd commands

* update AMD APP SDK to 3.0.130.136 (latest)
* add a check for default device type in GPU tests (changes in config.h might break GPU tests)

* unpin boost version

* updated boost compute submodule

* Revert "[ci] run all examples at Appveyor (#1432)"

This reverts commit d0088c55.

* Revert "[ci] simplified and speeded up Travis (#1429)"

This reverts commit 0a3d4de7.

* bring gpu tests back

* corrected docs according to the news that AMD drops the support of AMD APP SDK

* replaced link to AMD APP SDK

* fixed downloading AMD APP SDK from GitHub without auth

* fixed path tp AMD APP SDK in docs

* removed exports

* clarify AMD APP SDK package installation condition

* fixed gpu test according new config file

* refine Learning Control Parameters section

* added missed check for length consistency of valid and valid init scores

* added missed aliases for core params

* delegated not showing hidden items to the rtd_theme

* refactored docs

* 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

* boost_root as pip option

* opencl_include_dir as pip option

[python] added option to install python-package with mpi version and possibility to pass CMake options (#1034)

* fixed hierarchy of installation guide sections; made installation with proto support more verbose

* added option to install with protobuf support to python package

* fixed pylint

* added option to install MPI version to python package

* added tests for python-package installation with options --proto and --mpi

* hotfix

* removed unnecessary note from docs

* removed unnecessary line from travis script

* reverted proto

* Revert "reverted proto"

This reverts commit 5203448bb90a13844cf330527ca971eabb45a4a8.

* reverted protobuf from python-package

* added options for cmake in python-package

* fixed typos

* fixed options readability

* reworked installation logging

* fixed docs according to review comments

* fixed pylint

* fixed space in log path

* fix early stopping edge case

* fix message.

* fix tests

* fix GPU tests.

AMD website recently Switched to HTTPS, which makes the previous downloading script failure. This commit fixes this issue and all GPU tests pass now.

* 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

* remove protobuf

* add version number

* remove pmml script

* use float for split gain

* fix warnings

* refine the read model logic of gbdt

* fix compile error

* improve decode speed

* fix some bugs

* fix double accuracy problem

* fix bug

* multi-thread save model

* speed up save model to string

* parallel save/load model

* fix some warnings.

* fix warnings.

* fix a bug

* remove debug output

* fix doc

* fix max_bin warning in tests.

* fix max_bin warning

* fix pylint

* clean code for stringToArray

* clean code for TToString

* remove max_bin

* replace "class" with typename

* fixed docs building at Python 2.x

* updated docs building guide

* get back Python 3 at Travis

* test commit for OSX

* be more precise with python version inpylint task

* turned warnings into errors

* removed linkchecker validation from osx

* removed warning about not included into any toctree

* docs config cleanup

* refined deprecation warnings mechanism

* refine docs mock mechanism

* be more precise with python version in check-docs task

* redused the number of code lines

* refined venv deployment

* rollback python version in check-docs task

* revert 'refine docs mock mechanism'. autodoc_mock_imports seems to be not working

* added targets for big images

* rollback to default python version in check-docs task

* break long lines for mobile view

* replaced pip with conda where it's possible

* [optional] support protobuf

* fix windows/LightGBM.vcxproj

* add doc

* fix doc

* fix vs support (#2)

* fix vs support

* fix cmake

This reverts commit 53b99854.

* added validation of python-package folder

* fixed duplicate explicit targets names

* fixed typos and hotfixes

* converted gcc-tips.Rmd; added ref to gcc-tips

* renamed files

* renamed Advanced-Topics

* renamed README

* renamed Parameters-Tuning

* renamed FAQ

* fixed refs to FAQ

* fixed undecodable source characters

* renamed Features

* renamed Quick-Start

* fixed undecodable source characters in Features

* renamed Python-Intro

* renamed GPU-Tutorial

* renamed GPU-Windows

* fixed markdown

* fixed undecodable source characters in GPU-Windows

* renamed Parameters

* fixed markdown

* removed recommonmark dependence

* hotfixes

* added anchors to links

* fixed 404

* fixed typos

* added more anchors

* removed sphinxcontrib-napoleon dependence

* removed outdated line in Travis config

* fixed max-width of the ReadTheDocs theme

* added horizontal align to images

* fixed Python-API references

* moved Features section to ReadTheDocs

* fixed index of ReadTheDocs

* moved Experiments section to ReadTheDocs

* fixed capital letter

* fixed citing

* moved Parallel Learning section to ReadTheDocs

* fixed markdown

* fixed Python-API

* fixed link to Quick-Start

* fixed gpu docker README

* moved Installation Guide from wiki to ReadTheDocs

* removed references to wiki

* fixed capital letters in headings

* hotfixes

* fixed non-Unicode symbols and reference to Python API

* fixed citing references

* fixed links in .md files

* fixed links in .rst files

* store images locally in the repo

* fixed missed word

* fixed indent in Experiments.rst

* fixed 'Duplicate implicit target name' message which is successfully
resolved by adding anchors

* less verbose

* prevented maito: ref creation

* fixed indents

* fixed 404

* fixed 403

* fixed 301

* fixed fake anchors

* fixed file extentions

* fixed Sphinx warnings

* added StrikerRUS profile link to FAQ

* added henry0312 profile link to FAQ

* added doc test

* fixed 404

* prevented maito: ref creation

* added rst structure test

* fixed unknown directives

* added code for the future check for html syntax

* replaced problem link

* add python examples to test [test should fail]

* fix example && move some to advanced_example

* fix last line

* refine test python version

* 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

* improved sklearn interface; added sklearns' tests

* moved best_score into the if statement

* improved docstrings; simplified LGBMCheckConsistentLength

* fixed typo

* pylint

* updated example

* fixed Ranker interface

* added missed boosting_type

* fixed more comfortable autocomplete without unused objects

* removed check for None of eval_at

* fixed according to review

* fixed typo

* added description of fit return type

* dictionary->dict for short

* markdown cleanup