If we are following NEP 29 we can safely drop python 3.6 (released in 2016) and numpy 1.16 support (released in 2019), they got unsupported in January by numpy.

Python 3.6 will reach end of life in 6-7 months anyways, so it's a good target for removal in pyarrow 5.0.0 or 6.0.0. 

Reporter: Adam Lippai / @alippai

Related issues:

• [Python] Drop Numpy 1.16 support (is related to)

PRs and other links:

• GitHub Pull Request #12026

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-12706. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}