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Subject: PHP 8 release announcement page on php.net
From: roman.pronskiy@jetbrains.com (Roman Pronskiy)

Hello Internals,

The PHP 8 release is going to be huge, and in some sense, you could
say it's a whole new language. There is a feeling that more can be
done to promote it more extensively.

Usually for releases, there=E2=80=99s a short text announcement on php.net.
This may be okay for minor releases and for people who are deeply
involved in PHP as they already know about the new features. But for
the majority of PHP developers and potential PHP developers, it is not
enough.

So, the idea is to create a separate release announcement landing page
to achieve the following goals:

=E2=80=93 Promote the release of PHP 8 to the PHP developers
=E2=80=93 Promote PHP as a modern language, as well as the PHP 8 release, t=
o
the general tech audience

Alexander Makarov, myself, and Svetlana Belozerova, a designer from
JetBrains, have created the following concept:
https://i.imgur.com/6fKmTyM.jpg

We=E2=80=99d like to hear from you about how you like the idea. If you supp=
ort
it, we=E2=80=99ll finish the design and work on a PR against
github.com/php/web-php with the implementation.

Looking forward to hearing what you think.

Roman Pronskiy,
PMM at JetBrains