The value proposition might be there if the alternative was a python 3 port, but if you're installing packages of pypi these days it's unlikely you're running python <2.6 and I'm not sure a Python 2.6 -> 2.7.9 upgrade is of comparable difficulty to adding TLS 1.2 support to python < 2.7.9.

I mean, I know there's some old versions of Red Hat and co knocking about with 2.4 but you're probably better off to use your system package manager for those these days.