* [R] Add a compatibility layer to load Booster from an old RDS
* Modify QuantileHistMaker::LoadConfig() to be backward compatible with 1.1.x
* Add a big warning about compatibility in QuantileHistMaker::LoadConfig()
* Add testing suite
* Discourage use of saveRDS() in CRAN doc
* Add bindings for serialization.
* Change `xgb.save.raw' into full serialization instead of simple model.
* Add `xgb.load.raw' for unserialization.
* Run devtools.
* rank_metric: add AUC-PR
Implementation of the AUC-PR calculation for weighted data, proposed by Keilwagen, Grosse and Grau (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092209)
* rank_metric: fix lint warnings
* Implement tests for AUC-PR and fix implementation
* add aucpr to documentation for other languages
* fix rebase conflict
* [core] additional gblinear improvements
* [R] callback for gblinear coefficients history
* force eta=1 for gblinear python tests
* add top_k to GreedyFeatureSelector
* set eta=1 in shotgun test
* [core] fix SparsePage processing in gblinear; col-wise multithreading in greedy updater
* set sorted flag within TryInitColData
* gblinear tests: use scale, add external memory test
* fix multiclass for greedy updater
* fix whitespace
* fix typo
* [R] fix finding R.exe with cmake on WIN when it is in PATH
* [R] appveyor config for R package
* [R] wrap the lines to make R check happier
* [R] install only binary dep-packages in appveyor
* [R] for MSVC appveyor, also build a binary for R package and keep as an artifact
* [R] fix predict contributions for data with no colnames
* [R] add a render parameter for xgb.plot.multi.trees; fixes#2628
* [R] update Rd's
* [R] remove unnecessary dep-package from R cmake install
* silence type warnings; readability
* [R] silence complaint about incomplete line at the end
* [R] initial version of xgb.plot.shap()
* [R] more work on xgb.plot.shap
* [R] enforce black font in xgb.plot.tree; fixes#2640
* [R] if feature names are available, check in predict that they are the same; fixes#2857
* [R] cran check and lint fixes
* remove tabs
* [R] add references; a test for plot.shap
* [gblinear] add features contribution prediction; fix DumpModel bug
* [gbtree] minor changes to PredContrib
* [R] add feature contribution prediction to R
* [R] bump up version; update NEWS
* [gblinear] fix the base_margin issue; fixes#1969
* [R] list of matrices as output of multiclass feature contributions
* [gblinear] make order of DumpModel coefficients consistent: group index changes the fastest
* [R] make sure things work for a single split model; fixes#2191
* [R] add option use_int_id to xgb.model.dt.tree
* [R] add example of exporting tree plot to a file
* [R] set save_period = NULL as default in xgboost() to be the same as in xgb.train; fixes#2182
* [R] it's a good practice after CRAN releases to bump up package version in dev
* [R] allow xgb.DMatrix construction from integer dense matrices
* [R] xgb.DMatrix: silent parameter; improve documentation
* [R] xgb.model.dt.tree code style changes
* [R] update NEWS with parameter changes
* [R] code safety & style; handle non-strict matrix and inherited classes of input and model; fixes#2242
* [R] change to x.y.z.p R-package versioning scheme and set version to 0.6.4.3
* [R] add an R package versioning section to the contributors guide
* [R] R-package/README.md: clean up the redundant old installation instructions, link the contributors guide
* [R] xgb.save must work when handle in nil but raw exists
* [R] print.xgb.Booster should still print other info when handle is nil
* [R] rename internal function xgb.Booster to xgb.Booster.handle to make its intent clear
* [R] rename xgb.Booster.check to xgb.Booster.complete and make it visible; more docs
* [R] storing evaluation_log should depend only on watchlist, not on verbose
* [R] reduce the excessive chattiness of unit tests
* [R] only disable some tests in windows when it's not 64-bit
* [R] clean-up xgb.DMatrix
* [R] test xgb.DMatrix loading from libsvm text file
* [R] store feature_names in xgb.Booster, use them from utility functions
* [R] remove non-functional co-occurence computation from xgb.importance
* [R] verbose=0 is enough without a callback
* [R] added forgotten xgb.Booster.complete.Rd; cran check fixes
* [R] update installation instructions
* [R-package] JSON tree dump interface
* [R-package] precision bugfix in xgb.attributes
* [R-package] bugfix for cb.early.stop called from xgb.cv
* [R-package] a bit more clarity on labels checking in xgb.cv
* [R-package] test JSON dump for gblinear as well
* whitespace lint
* fix cran check
* change required R version because of utils::globalVariables
* temporary commit, monotone not working
* fix test
* fix doc
* fix doc
* fix cran note and warning
* improve checks
* fix urls
* [R] do not remove zero coefficients from gblinear dump
* [R] switch from stringr to stringi
* fix#1399
* [R] separate ggplot backend, add base r graphics, cleanup, more plots, tests
* add missing include in amalgamation - fixes building R package in linux
* add forgotten file
* [R] fix DESCRIPTION
* [R] fix travis check issue and some cleanup
