[Python-3000] [Python-Dev] Stabilizing the C API of 2.6 and 3.0

[Bill Janssen]

> 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