I've scoured the forums a bit, since I'm here alot as it seems I have no life, but a few of the MDP Team developers have insinuated that portions of v.7 will be rolled out piecemeal. For example, it was mentioned that the Activities API will likely roll out using v.7 specs; though there weren't specifics as they're still hammering out the business model and "restrictions", to keep it from being abused by faulty or malicious code (nobody would appreciate an App that spammed their Activities with useless and annoying junk messages - not only would this be annoying, it would drop end-user confidence in instaling Apps in general).
I imagine that the full and complete transition to v.7 will not happen before the Go Live date, though. I could be wrong on that count, but I suggest for safety and sanity's sake, you don't base your short-term development plans on full v.7 compatibility.