Thanks Gabriel and to all the internals team. I'm excited about this release too like Eliot and I hope to contribute in the future.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 7:36 PM Eliot Lear <l...@lear.ch> wrote: > Gabriel, > > Thank you and the internals team for their hard work on this. As > someone from the periphery I am excited about the release. > > Eliot > [2nd try] > > On 25.11.20 14:41, Gabriel Caruso wrote: > > > Hello internals! > > > > I’d like to take a moment to reflect what will happen tomorrow with all > of > > you and how that is important to me and I’d say, to everyone: PHP 8.0.0 > is > > going to be released, YES! > > > > PHP 8.0 was the first PHP version that I had the opportunity, pleasure > and > > time to follow its development from beginning to end. Not only that, I > had > > the honour to be voted as one of its Release Managers. I first heard of > PHP > > a couple of years ago, and being able to help release its new major > version > > this year is, by far, one of the most honourable things that ever > happened > > to me. > > > > I won’t spend time talking about how much stuff we have changed and > > introduced in PHP 8.0, you can go ahead and Google for talks, blogs, > > documents and much more about it. Let’s get that and spread the word > > outside of our community, everyone needs to know how great PHP 8.0 is! > > > > I won’t thank him, her or anyone in particular, I will thank everyone and > > anyone that helped with this new version of PHP. Old schools, newbies, > > Africans, Europeans, Americans, and of course our Asian community. Do we > > have someone from Oceania or Antarctica that have contributed to PHP? I > > think so, PHP is from everyone to anyone. Even known folks from PHP > tools, > > libraries and frameworks helped on this version, and it was beautiful to > > see this bridge being built. > > > > Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend tomorrow’s release party, as > I’ll > > be (literally) flying to Brazil. I wish all the best of luck to Sara and > > everyone else that will be releasing it. > > > > That’s all folks, tomorrow a new era of PHP starts and I can’t wait to > see > > what the future reserves for us! Stay safe, stay home, wear a mask once > you > > go out, and let’s finish 2020 on a high! > > > > . Gabriel Caruso > > >
