BUG: numpy v1.23.5 latest version that works on windows 7

[snooppr]

Describe the issue:

numpy v1.23.5 latest version that works on windows 7

I tried all other versions (1.24; 1.24.1; 1.24.2) they are all installed, but when importing the numpy python module, it closes with an error, on the screen. Other versions of numpy work. Python3.8.10 32bit OS Windows 7 64bit.

Since numpy 1.24 support for Windows7 has been dropped?

Reproduce the code example:

import numpy

Error message:

see screenshot

Runtime information:

import numpy crash

Context for the issue:

No response

[mattip]

Windows 7 is EOL since 2020, and is not a supported platform. Can you stick with the older versions?

[snooppr]

In such a case, it seems reasonable to me to notify users that for windows 7 the latest working version of numpy is v1.23.5. The problem is that many projects have numpy installed as is in their 'requirements.txt' file, and pip will try to install the latest version of numpy by default, i.e. unsupported on Windows (although this worked until 2023). I'll close this as an issue, but the meaning will remain documented.