[ARROW-7555] [Python] Drop support for python 2.7

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Fix Version/s: 0.17.0
• Component/s: Python
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/23814
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Krisztian Szucs
• Created: 12/Jan/20 12:35
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:54
• Resolved: 14/Jan/20 09:33

Description

After the 0.16 release we should consider to drop support for python 2.7 because it is not maintained anymore.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: ARROW-5757 [Python] Stop supporting Python 2.7
• relates to: ARROW-7315 [Python] Remove unused cmake flag from wheel scripts