Drop support for EOL Python 2.7

NEWS

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Current release
 What's new in psycopg 2.9
 -------------------------
 
-- Dropped support for Python 3.4, 3.5 (:tickets:#1000, #1197).
+- Dropped support for Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 (:tickets:#1198, #1000, #1197).
 
 What's new in psycopg 2.8.6
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.8.6
   (:ticket:`#1101`).
 - Fixed search of mxDateTime headers in virtualenvs (:ticket:`#996`).
 - Added missing values from errorcodes (:ticket:`#1133`).
-- `cursor.query` reports the query of the last :sql:`COPY` opearation too
+- `cursor.query` reports the query of the last :sql:`COPY` operation too
   (:ticket:`#1141`).
 - `~psycopg2.errorcodes` map and `~psycopg2.errors` classes updated to
   PostgreSQL 13.

doc/src/install.rst

@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ The current `!psycopg2` implementation supports:
 ..
     NOTE: keep consistent with setup.py and the /features/ page.
 
-- Python version 2.7
-- Python 3 versions from 3.6 to 3.9
+- Python versions from 3.6 to 3.9
 - PostgreSQL server versions from 7.4 to 13
 - PostgreSQL client library version from 9.1
 

scripts/appveyor.py

@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ class Options:
     def py_ver(self):
         """The Python version to build as 2 digits string."""
         rv = os.environ['PY_VER']
-        assert rv in ('27', '36', '37', '38', '39'), rv
+        assert rv in ('36', '37', '38', '39'), rv
         return rv
 
     @property
@@ -779,11 +779,9 @@ def vc_dir(self):
     def vs_ver(self):
         # https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers
         # https://www.appveyor.com/docs/windows-images-software/#python
-        # Py 2.7 = VS Ver. 9.0 (VS 2008)
         # Py 3.6--3.8 = VS Ver. 14.0 (VS 2015)
         # Py 3.9 = VS Ver. 16.0 (VS 2019)
         vsvers = {
-            '27': '9.0',
             '36': '14.0',
             '37': '14.0',
             '38': '14.0',