Version 8 available as an update from the control panel?

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Hi - I was wondering how far we are away from having an upgrade option to version 8 for novices so they can upgrade an existing website from the dashboard?

I am an avid fan of C5 however it appears that unless you hang out at Github and are a gun PHP programmer there is really little to no information for general website users/editors. It makes it difficult for users like myself to actually know at what stage the new version is actually at right now.

As a fringe user I am definitely uncertain whether to develop live sites in the new version 8 - or am I best to treat it as experimental at this stage, given my lack of programming experience?

Any idea if or when a dashboard update will be possible from the existing 5.7 installs that I have running now?

Thanks for any help or suggestions - cheers Ian W

Ianwil01