Repository: rust
Issue: Tracking Issue for the Rust specification
Labels: B-RFC-approved,T-lang,C-tracking-issue

This is a tracking issue for https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3355

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### Steps / History

- [x] Decide to start a Rust specification
    - [x] Blog post: https://blog.m-ou.se/rust-standard/
    - [x] RFC: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3355
    - [x] Foundation support: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3355#issuecomment-1371302768
    - [x] Lang team approval: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3355#issuecomment-1513641410
    - [x] Council approval: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3355#issuecomment-1612772445
- [x] Hire the editor (Rust Foundation)
    - [x] Define role: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3355#issuecomment-1481813621
    - [x] Acquire budget
    - [x] Find the right candidate
- [x] Start a specification (sub)team (Language team)
    - Zulip topic: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/213817-t-lang/topic/Specification.20subteam
- [x] Decide on the exact name/title of the document
   - https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/399173-t-spec/topic/naming.20for.20team.20.28and.20document.29: "Rust specification"
- [x] Write a specification draft chapter (Editor and specification team)
    - [x] [Connor's array chapter](https://github.com/rust-lang/spec/blob/8476adc4a7a9327b356f4a0b19e5d6e069125571/spec/lang/exprs/array.md)
    - [x] [Joel's array chapter](https://github.com/JoelMarcey/rust-lang-spec/blob/5f76e25254a823ac8fc88c9d62256e8af2ba18f7/specification/arrays.md)
    - [x] [Mara's array chapter](https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://gist.githubusercontent.com/m-ou-se/529e3db782a0ce8ecd5043cc0adfa4af/raw/0f982c83e5733a72ec0eff6c285a48d1f5e839e4/draft.html)
- [x] Get feedback on draft chapters
- [x] Decide how to use existing documents (Rust Reference, Nomicon, Ferrocene Spec)
- [x] Design rough top level structure of the document
  - [x] https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/399173-t-spec/topic/Structure.3A.20chapters/near/420245542
  - [x] Meeting with lang team: https://hackmd.io/UetDs_P1Sgmj8BEiWaXB5g
  - [x] Ask t-opsem for input: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/136281-t-opsem/topic/Question.20from.20t-spec
  - [x] Ask t-types for input: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/144729-t-types/topic/Question.20from.20t-spec
- [x] Discuss work on specifying libcore
  - [x] Meeting: https://hackmd.io/2nbylOlGTKmFKB0atr7Lrg
- [x] Pick a license
  - [x] Meeting: https://hackmd.io/2nbylOlGTKmFKB0atr7Lrg
  - [x] Decision: https://github.com/rust-lang/spec/pull/14
- [ ] Learn more about MiniRust and how to use that in the spec (in progress)
- [ ] Tooling (in progress)
  - [x] Decide to use (extended) markdown
  - [ ] ...
- [ ] Write, review, and edit chapters (in progress)
  - [ ] ...
- [ ] Approval process to make chapters official
- [ ] ...