More thorough introduction

Author: danielbachhuber

_posts/2016-07-29-version-0.24.0.md

@@ -4,13 +4,28 @@ author: danielbachhuber
 title: Version 0.24.0 released
 ---
 
-Increased minimum supported PHP version to 5.3.29 https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/pull/2672
+As I [mentioned in my WordCamp Europe talk](https://runcommand.io/2016/06/26/my-condolences-youre-now-the-maintainer-of-a-popular-open-source-project/):
 
-Use `wp cli update` to install v0.24.0, representing [NNN resolved issues and pull requests](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/issues?q=milestone%3A0.24.0+is%3Aclosed). Here's what's new.
+> Just like WordPress has plugins, the future of WP-CLI is packages of commands. For this future, I’m trying to proactively solve the problems WordPress has with plugins:
 
-### Forked wp-settings no more
+> * Where WordPress plugins are considered second-class to what’s included in core, I’d like WP-CLI packages to be considered first-class citizens amongst the commands in WP-CLI.
+> * All to often, WordPress plugins have just one author. I’d like for each WP-CLI package to have two or three active maintainers.
 
-@tk
+In this model, WP-CLI becomes the common interface, and supporting application layer, to a rich ecosystem of features. Doing so opens more frontiers for innovation, which leads to a greater selection of ideas to choose from. And because more people are involved in authoring packages, WP-CLI benefits from a greater contributor pool.
+
+With this model, my focus is shifting towards designing a world-class experience for WP-CLI package authorship. Read through the [commands cookbook](http://wp-cli.org/docs/commands-cookbook/) for a thorough introduction to creating a WP-CLI command. Check out `wp scaffold package` [[repo](https://github.com/wp-cli/scaffold-package-command)) for the easiest way to generate everything around your new WP-CLI package. Weigh in with your thoughts on [how we should evolve the WP-CLI package index](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/issues/3197). And [follow @runcommand](https://twitter.com/runcommand) as I explore commercializing WP-CLI products and services.
+
+For organizational users, one last ask: if you care about the WP-CLI release cycle, please [let me know how often you think WP-CLI should be released](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/issues/3198).
+
+Let's get on with the show. Use `wp cli update` to install v0.24.0, representing [NNN resolved issues and pull requests](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/issues?q=milestone%3A0.24.0+is%3Aclosed). Here's what's new.
+
+### WP-CLI no longer uses a forked `wp-settings.php`
+
+Every application has a bootstrap file which loads all of the requisite utilities needed to serve a request. In WordPress, this is called `wp-settings.php`.
+
+Since v0.8.0 [[#261](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/pull/261)], WP-CLI has used a forked version of the bootstrap file, called `wp-settings-cli.php`, to give us more control over the load process, and providing features like `--skip-plugins`. But, because WordPress can require new files from `wp-settings.php`, maintaining a forked version has the unfortunate side effect of WP-CLI [regularly breaking when a new version of WordPress is released](http://wp-cli.org/blog/versions-0.21.1-and-0.20.4.html).
+
+Thanks to coordinated changes in the WordPress project, WP-CLI v0.24.0 returns to loading `wp-settings.php` for WordPress 4.6 and higher [[#2278](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/issues/2278)]. Doing so should make a given version of WP-CLI more future proof against new versions of WordPress.
 
 ### Increased documentation coverage
 
@@ -127,6 +142,7 @@ Framework enhancements:
 * Introduces `WP_CLI_STRICT_ARGS_MODE` for dealing with arg ambiguity [[#3128](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/pull/3128)].
 * Registers `--http=<url>` global parameter for use with RESTful WP-CLI [[#3130](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/pull/3130)].
 * Introduces `WP_CLI::add_wp_hook()`, for adding actions and filters when you don't yet have access to actions and filters [[#3195](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/pull/3195)].
+* Increases minimum supported PHP version to 5.3.29 [[#2672](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/pull/2672)].
 
 Bug fixes across the board: