* Add feature score support for linear model.
* Port R interface to the new implementation.
* Add linear model support in Python.
Co-authored-by: Philip Hyunsu Cho <chohyu01@cs.washington.edu>
* Add management functions for global configuration: XGBSetGlobalConfig(), XGBGetGlobalConfig().
* Add Python interface: set_config(), get_config(), and config_context().
* Add unit tests for Python
* Add R interface: xgb.set.config(), xgb.get.config()
* Add unit tests for R
Co-authored-by: Jiaming Yuan <jm.yuan@outlook.com>
* Add bindings for serialization.
* Change `xgb.save.raw' into full serialization instead of simple model.
* Add `xgb.load.raw' for unserialization.
* Run devtools.
* Simplify DropTrees calling logic
* Add `training` parameter for prediction method.
* [Breaking]: Add `training` to C API.
* Change for R and Python custom objective.
* Correct comment.
Co-authored-by: Philip Hyunsu Cho <chohyu01@cs.washington.edu>
Co-authored-by: Jiaming Yuan <jm.yuan@outlook.com>
* [R] MSVC compatibility
* [GPU] allow seed in BernoulliRng up to size_t and scale to uint32_t
* R package build with cmake and CUDA
* R package CUDA build fixes and cleanups
* always export the R package native initialization routine on windows
* update the install instructions doc
* fix lint
* use static_cast directly to set BernoulliRng seed
* [R] demo for GPU accelerated algorithm
* tidy up the R package cmake stuff
* R pack cmake: installs main dependency packages if needed
* [R] version bump in DESCRIPTION
* update NEWS
* added short missing/sparse values explanations to FAQ
* [R] add native routines registration
* c_api.h needs to include <cstdint> since it uses fixed width integer types
* [R] use registered native routines from R code
* [R] bump version; add info on native routine registration to the contributors guide
* make lint happy
