May 28, 2008
5:08 p.m.
I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm the only one who cares about the Python 2.x branch not getting cluttered up with artifacts caused by a broken forward merge strategy.
I share your concern. Seems to me that perhaps (not sure, but perhaps) the rush to back-port from 3.x, and the concern about minimizing pain of moving from 2.x to 3.x, has become the tail wagging the dog. Bill