release v4.4.0 (lightgbm-org#6439)

release v4.4.0 (lightgbm-org#6439)

release v4.3.0 (lightgbm-org#6277)

release v4.2.0 (lightgbm-org#6191)

Release v4.1.0 (lightgbm-org#6076)

Release v4.0.0 (lightgbm-org#5952)

regenerate configure

fix detection of QEMU in pinning dependencies

add patch from lightgbm-org#5159

[ci] Temporary pin dask version at CI (lightgbm-org#4770)

* pin Dask version at CI

* Update .vsts-ci.yml

* Update .vsts-ci.yml

* workaround for Python 3.6

* Update test.sh