Check the submitted page (https://release.debian.org/ https://release.debian.org/) and you'll see that even now that Debian 8 is released they don't mention Deb

Check the submitted page (https://release.debian.org/ https://release.debian.org/) and you'll see that even now that Debian 8 is released they don't mention Debian 8 being released or added any new item about that release. So, no that page didn't (and still doesn't) announce Debian 8 release.