Merge pull request #1126 from wesleywiser/rotating_compiler_leads

[inside-rust] Add post for rotating compiler team leads

Author: pnkfelix

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+layout: post
+title: "Rotating Rust compiler team leadership"
+author: Wesley Wiser
+team: the compiler team <https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/compiler>
+---
+
+As initiated in [late 2020] and ratified by [RFC 3262], the Rust compiler team uses a rotating system of co-leads.
+After two and a half years, we've decided its time to rotate the leadership again!
+
+## Welcome David Wood
+
+Felix Klock is stepping down from his role as senior lead and David Wood is joining Wesley Wiser as the new junior lead for the team. 
+
+Felix remains a valued member of the compiler team (and also the [language design team]).
+Felix will be focusing on reducing the [sizes of Rust futures], and on improving the state of the art for authoring Unsafe Rust, via projects such as [Krabcake].
+
+David has been a contributor to the Rust project since 2017, a compiler-contributor since 2019 and became a compiler team member in 2021.
+His contributions include work on the [diagnostic translation effort], [split DWARF support], [polymorphisation], [non-lexical lifetimes initiative] and general maintenance to the compiler. 
+David has also been a contributor to the governance and organization of the compiler team itself via [policy proposals] and regular participation in our weekly triage and steering meetings.
+
+Felix and I are excited to welcome David into this leadership role and I am thrilled to be working alongside him.
+
+[late 2020]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2020/12/14/changes-to-compiler-team.html
+[RFC 3262]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/3262-compiler-team-rolling-leads.html
+[language design team]: https://lang-team.rust-lang.org/
+[sizes of Rust futures]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/69826 
+[Krabcake]: https://github.com/pnkfelix/krabcake#what-is-this-krabcake
+[diagnostic translation effort]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2022/08/16/diagnostic-effort.html
+[split DWARF support]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/98051#issuecomment-1153776677
+[polymorphisation]: https://davidtw.co/media/masters_dissertation.pdf
+[non-lexical lifetimes initiative]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2018/12/06/Rust-1.31-and-rust-2018.html#non-lexical-lifetimes
+[policy proposals]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-forge/pull/639