Agree, this should be for every release. So with this concept, we can start from PHP 8.0, see how it works, and then reuse the template for subsequent releases.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:54 PM Rowan Tommins <rowan.coll...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 08:57, Roman Pronskiy <roman.prons...@jetbrains.com> > wrote: > > > The PHP 8 release is going to be huge, and in some sense, you could > > say it's a whole new language. > > > > > I think that's going a bit far. I don't want to detract from the great > features in 8.0, but there were great features in other releases as well - > 7.4 had arrow functions and typed properties, for instance, which are just > as game-changing for some code as named parameters and constructor property > promotion. > > So, while I like the idea of shouting about the release, I'd like to see > this become a regular effort for _every_ release from now on (i.e. 8.1, > 8.2, etc), and I'd like to see it emphasise "version 8.0" rather than "PHP > 8". > > With both PHP 5 and PHP 7, there was a concerted "evangelism" effort to get > hosts and applications to upgrade, but really we want that to happen *every > year*, not just every 5 years. I'm concerned that people may consider "PHP > 7" to be "current", even though both 7.0 and 7.1 are now EOL, and that the > same will happen with "PHP 8" in a few years' time. > > Regards, > -- > Rowan Tommins > [IMSoP] -- Best regards, Roman Pronskiy Product Marketing Manager of PhpStorm https://www.jetbrains.com/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
