use at least ssize_t temp variables for buffer index calculations even if users use smaller integer types as we might be doing wrap-around calculations that depend on the potentially larger buffer shape

exclude two more modules from stdlib compilation that require bootstrapping before importing Cython modules

* Add Python 2.6 x86/x64 to the build matrix.
* Use clone_depth option, no need to clone the full repo.
* Build master branch and last release branch.
* Use up-to-date pip and setuptools.
* Build wheels, msi, and wininst installers.

Use appveyor to build windows wheels

Use the appveyor continuous integration service to build wheels for
windows. This procedure was adapted from this guide:

https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/appveyor.html

prevent generator methods from returning NULL without setting an exception: method call protocol differs from __next__() protocol

mofe GIVEREF() before PyTuple_SET_ITEM() call because that's when we still own the reference (pypy needs it that way)