PEP 466: reword maintainability section at Alex's request

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@ -164,22 +164,16 @@ Other Considerations
Maintainability
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This policy does NOT represent a commitment by volunteer contributors to
actually backport network security related changes from the Python 3 series
to the Python 2 series. Rather, it is intended to send a clear signal to
potential corporate contributors that the core development team are willing
to accept offers of corporate assistance in putting this policy into
effect and handling the resulting increase in the Python 2 maintenance
load.
A number of developers, including Alex Gaynor and Donald Stufft, have
expressed interest in carrying out the feature backports covered by this
policy, and assisting with any additional maintenance burdens that arise
in the Python 2 series as a result.
Backporting security related fixes and enhancements to earlier versions is
a common service for commercial redistributors to offer to their customers.
This policy represents an explicit invitation to implement those changes
in the core development tree in cases where they are likely to have a broad
impact that helps improve the security of the internet as a whole, with the
assurance that the existing core development team not only won't object to
such contributions, but will actively encourage their incorporation into
the next Python 2.7 maintenance release.
This PEP is primarily about establishing the consensus needed to allow them
to carry out this work. For other core developers, this policy change
shouldn't impose any additional effort beyond potentially reviewing the
resulting patches for those developers specifically interested in the
affected modules.
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