[python-package] remove unnecessary Boost files from sdists #5912
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Contributes to #5061.
The OpenCL-based GPU builds of LightGBM rely on the Boost headers included in the repo
LightGBM/CMakeLists.txt
Line 179 in 36fe73a
but link against already-compiled Boost libraries, expected to be pre-installed.
LightGBM/CMakeLists.txt
Line 187 in 36fe73a
As a result, the only Boost files that need to be packaged in sdists are the headers in
external_libs/compute/include
. This PR proposes removing the other Boost files, to reduce the size of sdists and the time it takes to build them.