[lioeters]

I wouldn't call it a "hostile" fork. Imagine what motivated him to fork in the first place. He and many others were between a rock and a hard place, and a fork was a possible way out.

At the time, the author stated:

> I picked [the name "Python 2.8"] initially since when talking with friends about this project it conveyed pretty darn immediately what the project is and does. I'd be very keen to hear people's suggestions for alternate names!

This was no mistake or screw up at all. In fact, the project served his purpose for the time, and even though he's moved on, there are others who like it enough to maintain or improve it.

A fork is (or can be) a healthy, natural thing that happens.