Is Python growing?

[a.clarke11]

I love this language, don't know any other, and use it for all sorts of
things. Thanks Guido and all you guys for the work you do.
My question is, I use 2.1 and by the time I need to update, probably the
version number will have reached Python 3.xx. Will that version have the
inherent simplicity that makes 2.1 so usable? Or will it become more
complex, and lose some of its original ease of use? By more complex, I
mean will it have a steeper learning curve for newbies, will it be
slower, will the download take longer, and will the featurelist be
significantly longer?
Other things develop until they lose their function, eg flowers,
saplings, clouds: can Python avoid increasing complexity, is that the
present trend in development?

Just wondered
Tony Clarke