Terry,

Realistically, though, if you close this issue it is virtually guaranteed that not further action will be taken.  I have not been involved with numpy for a couple of years now, so it would take me some time to find their tracker and restore my credentials or open a new account.  If someone more familiar with the current numpy development comes across this issue, I would appreciate if he or she would make a report.

If you think keeping this issue open in this state is too much burden on triagers, feel free to close it.  IMO, however, triagers should ignore assigned issue unless they are more than say 6 months old with no activity.