Surprisingly on-topic :-) For the curious, the reference is within this article:
"We seek the following from the BDFL:<p><i>Approval for the overall concept of adding a just-in-time compiler to CPython, following the design laid out below.</i><p><i>Permission to continue working on the just-in-time compiler in the CPython source tree.</i><p><i>Permission to eventually merge the just-in-time compiler into the py3k branch once all blocking issues have been addressed.</i><p><i>A pony.</i>"