I think every minor release should be fully supported. The current rate of change is very high and there's a huge burden on implementers and production users to keep up, so much so that upgrading is undesirable except for serious enthusiasts.
Include just the basics and CPython specific modules in the core release and version the stdlib separately. The stdlib should be supported such that it can be installed to an arbitrary version of Python. Better yet I'd like to see the stdlib become a list of vetted external libraries that meet some requirements on usefulness, stability and compatibility (PEP), that get cut at regular intervals. This takes the burden away from core, improves innovation, allows for different implementations, and ensures that the Python package management system is actually useful.
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