> by (a) making sure that any new users are always directed to the latest Python 3 version, and (b) releasing, in the near future, new major versions of packag

> by (a) making sure that any new users are always directed to the latest Python 3 version, and (b) releasing, in the near future, new major versions of packages for Python 3 only How about a major speedup? Even a 10% speed up would be a big motivation! You don't need fancy JIT, just less costy function calls and modern interpreter optimizations.