+1

I think py2.7 is going to be around for a long time yet -- which means we really do want to keep the long term support -- which may be quite some time. But that's doesn't mean people insisting on no upgrading PYthon need to get the latest and greatest numpy.

Also -- if py2.7 continues to see the use I expect it will well past when pyton.org officially drops it, I wouldn't be surprised if a Python2.7 Windows build based on a newer compiler would come along -- perhaps by Anaconda or conda-forge, or ???

If that happens, I suppose we could re-visit 2.7 support. Though it sure would be nice to clean up the dang Unicode stuff for good, too!

In short, if it makes it easier for numpy to move forward, let's do it!

-CHB