[Python-Dev] Return type of round, floor, and ceil in 2.6

[Bill Janssen]

> I think there ought to be a much more agressive standard for 3.0 backports:, "does the proposed backport make 2.6 more attractive?" 
> Remember, for large code bases, upgrading is a PITA (I think Google is still running tons of code on 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4).  There 
> needs to be a good incentive for upgrading; otherwise, Py2.6 *will* fail.

Very well put, Raymond.

I wonder, though, whether the appearance of a viable 3.0 will
essentially kill the demand for 2.6?

Bill