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* [R-package] add conda dir for LIBR_CORE_LIBRARY (fixes #3045)

* empty commit

* Path smoothing

* Try to fix issue with gpu version.

* Fix failing CI for R package.

* Minor fixes.

* Minor refactor.

* Restore old code to get CI working.

* Fix style issues.

* Fix ci for R package.

* Minor fixes for docs and code style.

* Update docs.

* [docs] updated bug report template

* Apply suggestions from code review
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* clean up issue template

* Update .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.md
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* Update .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.md
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* Update .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.md
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* [R-package] CMake fixes to support MSVC

* simplifications

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* removed MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY property

* fixed FindLibR search for LIBR_CORE_LIBRARY

* Update CMakeLists.txt
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* made R.lib linking more explicit

* add R_DOT_LIB_FILE to cache

* changed R.lib CMake name

* fix placementt tof R_MSVC_CORE_LIBRARY

* empty commit

* change MSVC library name

* one more name change
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* Fix loss computation

* fix test

* 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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[R-package] fixed best_iter and best_score when training data is passed (fixes #2295, #2525) (#2961)

* [R-package] fixed best_iter and best_score when early_stopping is not used (fixes #2295)

* fixed tests

* hotfix for pip error

* Update conf.py

* Update conf.py

* Update conf.py

* fix rtd builds

* [R-package] fix R examples and lgb.plot.interpretation

* remove space in gitignore

* try data.table from conda-forge

* update FAQ
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* [ci] Changed use of strcpy to snprintf

* fix

* fully enable cpplint

* [R-package] [docs] Simplified examles to cut example run time (fixes #2988)

* updated learning rates

* fix

* Apply suggestions from code review
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* start to support Python 3.8

* update configs

* hotfix