This seems a bit overdramatic. Yes, the attempt to do a version number hijack by a influential set of developers is annoying but there is no reason that it can'

This seems a bit overdramatic. Yes, the attempt to do a version number hijack by a influential set of developers is annoying but there is no reason that it can't be just ignored. Python 2.7 doesn't need new features. It is still wildly useful without them. It is perhaps even more useful without them... You can't deprecate a computer language. Such a thing exists independently of implementations.