From: Guido van Rossum [mailto:guido@python.org]

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We're standardizing on 2.2.1, and unless there is a pressing business need, we'll probably stay with that version for the next 18-24 months.

Would you consider upgrading to 2.2.2 when it comes out, and subsequent bugfix releases? The goal for those releases is to make the upgrade 100% painless.

We would probably consider it. What it comes down to is whether the new release is binary compatible (which I'm assuming it is), and if it included a bugfix that we found prudent to incorporate. Don't misunderstand me, it's not that we don't want to update -- the developers here would probably be quite happy to work on the latest and greatest -- updating just inherently takes time (money) and it's not very exciting work. We'd just rather spend our time on something that has a more direct revenue source :-) Thanks for answering my question about true division. Sincerely, Bjorn Pettersen NAREX Inc. 303.526.4000 ext. 312 303.526.5130 fax www.narex.com