Yes, you could consider Drupal 8 basically a rewrite.<p>Massive modernization. Most high-level concepts remain the same. The implementation became much better. And it&#x27;s a joy instead of a pain to extend&#x2F;customize.<p>I recommend you to take a look :) See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.drupal.org&#x2F;drupal-8.0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.drupal.org&#x2F;drupal-8.0</a> — RC1 was tagged _yesterday_.<p>It sounds like you will particularly like the Configuration System. See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chapterthree.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;principles-configuration-management-part-three" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chapterthree.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;principles-configuration-m...</a>