* [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
Squashed commits:
[9109887] Added test for eta decay(+1 squashed commit)
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[1336bd4] Added tests for eta decay (+2 squashed commit)
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[91aac2d] Added tests for eta decay (+1 squashed commit)
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[3ff48e7] Added test for eta decay
[6bb1eed] Rewrote Rd files
[bf0dec4] Added learning_rates for diff eta in each boosting round
