diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index cc2eb1f..aa0b97c 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ environment:
     secure: tumuXLL8PU75WMnRDemRy02ruEq2RpNxeK3dz0MjFssnosPm2v4EFjfNB4PTotA1
 
   matrix:
-    - CONFIG: win_c_compilervs2008cxx_compilervs2008
-      CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN: C:\Miniconda36-x64
-
-    - CONFIG: win_c_compilervs2015cxx_compilervs2015
+    - CONFIG: win_c_compilervs2015cxx_compilervs2015vc14
       CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN: C:\Miniconda36-x64
 
 
diff --git a/.ci_support/win_c_compilervs2008cxx_compilervs2008.yaml b/.ci_support/win_c_compilervs2008cxx_compilervs2008.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc05f1..0000000
--- a/.ci_support/win_c_compilervs2008cxx_compilervs2008.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-c_compiler:
-- vs2008
-cxx_compiler:
-- vs2008
-pin_run_as_build:
-  zlib:
-    max_pin: x.x
-zip_keys:
-- - c_compiler
-  - cxx_compiler
-zlib:
-- '1.2'
diff --git a/.ci_support/win_c_compilervs2015cxx_compilervs2015.yaml b/.ci_support/win_c_compilervs2015cxx_compilervs2015vc14.yaml
similarity index 70%
rename from .ci_support/win_c_compilervs2015cxx_compilervs2015.yaml
rename to .ci_support/win_c_compilervs2015cxx_compilervs2015vc14.yaml
index 25957d2..7259692 100644
--- a/.ci_support/win_c_compilervs2015cxx_compilervs2015.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/win_c_compilervs2015cxx_compilervs2015vc14.yaml
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@ c_compiler:
 cxx_compiler:
 - vs2015
 pin_run_as_build:
+  vc:
+    max_pin: x
   zlib:
     max_pin: x.x
+vc:
+- '14'
 zip_keys:
-- - c_compiler
+- - vc
+  - c_compiler
   - cxx_compiler
 zlib:
 - '1.2'
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index d60a25d..047fdaf 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Checklist
 * [ ] Used a fork of the feedstock to propose changes
 * [ ] Bumped the build number (if the version is unchanged)
 * [ ] Reset the build number to `0` (if the version changed)
-* [ ] [Re-rendered]( https://conda-forge.org/docs/conda_smithy.html#how-to-re-render ) with the latest `conda-smithy`
+* [ ] [Re-rendered]( https://conda-forge.org/docs/conda_smithy.html#how-to-re-render ) with the latest `conda-smithy` (Use the phrase <code>@<space/>conda-forge-admin, please rerender</code> in a comment in this PR for automated rerendering)
 * [ ] Ensured the license file is being packaged.
 
 <!--
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 850aa8a..5ebedfe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Feedstock license: BSD 3-Clause
 
 Summary: Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format. C++ Libraries
 
+Protocol buffers are Google's language-neutral,
+platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data-
+think XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler.
 
 
 Current build status
@@ -58,13 +61,13 @@ for each of the installable packages. Such a repository is known as a *feedstock
 A feedstock is made up of a conda recipe (the instructions on what and how to build
 the package) and the necessary configurations for automatic building using freely
 available continuous integration services. Thanks to the awesome service provided by
-[CircleCI](https://circleci.com/), [AppVeyor](http://www.appveyor.com/)
+[CircleCI](https://circleci.com/), [AppVeyor](https://www.appveyor.com/)
 and [TravisCI](https://travis-ci.org/) it is possible to build and upload installable
 packages to the [conda-forge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge)
-[Anaconda-Cloud](http://docs.anaconda.org/) channel for Linux, Windows and OSX respectively.
+[Anaconda-Cloud](https://anaconda.org/) channel for Linux, Windows and OSX respectively.
 
 To manage the continuous integration and simplify feedstock maintenance
-[conda-smithy](http://github.com/conda-forge/conda-smithy) has been developed.
+[conda-smithy](https://github.com/conda-forge/conda-smithy) has been developed.
 Using the ``conda-forge.yml`` within this repository, it is possible to re-render all of
 this feedstock's supporting files (e.g. the CI configuration files) with ``conda smithy rerender``.
 
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ build distinct package versions.
 
 In order to produce a uniquely identifiable distribution:
  * If the version of a package **is not** being increased, please add or increase
-   the [``build/number``](http://conda.pydata.org/docs/building/meta-yaml.html#build-number-and-string).
+   the [``build/number``](https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/build-packages/define-metadata.html#build-number-and-string).
  * If the version of a package **is** being increased, please remember to return
-   the [``build/number``](http://conda.pydata.org/docs/building/meta-yaml.html#build-number-and-string)
-   back to 0.
\ No newline at end of file
+   the [``build/number``](https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/build-packages/define-metadata.html#build-number-and-string)
+   back to 0.