rust-lang · senekor · Apr 16, 2025 · Apr 16, 2025 · Apr 16, 2025 · Apr 16, 2025
diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ This is the <b>main Rust blog</b>. \
 <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/">Rust teams</a> \
 use this blog to announce major developments in the world of Rust."""
 maintained_by = "the Rust Teams"
-see_also_path = "/inside-rust/"
-see_also_text = """the "Inside Rust" blog"""
+[[extra.see_also]]
+path = "/inside-rust/"
+text = """the "Inside Rust" blog"""
+[[extra.see_also]]
+path = "/releases/"
+text = "release announcements"
 +++
diff --git a/content/inside-rust/_index.md b/content/inside-rust/_index.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ to follow along with Rust development. The various \
 use this blog to post status updates, calls for help, and other \
 similar announcements."""
 maintained_by = "the Rust Teams"
-see_also_path = "/"
-see_also_text = "the main Rust blog"
+[[extra.see_also]]
+path = "/"
+text = "the main Rust blog"
 +++
diff --git a/content/releases/_index.md b/content/releases/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++++
+title = "Rust Release Announcements"
+template = "releases.html"
+[extra]
+index_title = "The Rust Release Announcements"
++++
diff --git a/content/releases/latest.md b/content/releases/latest.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
++++
+template = "latest.html"
++++
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
     <div class="mw8-l">
       <p>
       <b>See also:</b>
-        <a href="{{ config.base_url | safe }}{{ section.extra.see_also_path | safe }}">{{ section.extra.see_also_text }}</a>
+      {% for see_also in section.extra.see_also -%}
+      {% if loop.index0 != 0 %},{% endif %}
+        <a href="{{ config.base_url | safe }}{{ see_also.path | safe }}">{{ see_also.text }}</a>
+      {%- endfor -%}
       </p>
     </div>
   </div>

diff --git a/templates/latest.html b/templates/latest.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% set section = get_section(path="_index.md") -%}
+{%- for page in section.pages | reverse -%}{% if page.extra is containing("release") -%}
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<title>Redirect</title>
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url={{ page.path | safe }}">
+<p><a href="{{ page.path | safe }}">Click here</a> to be redirected to the latest Rust release annoucement.</p>
+{% break %}{% endif %}{% endfor -%}
diff --git a/templates/macros.html b/templates/macros.html
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
     }}
 {%- endmacro escape_hbs %}
 
-{% macro show_year(year) -%}
+{% macro show_year(year, post_name="Posts") -%}
       <tr>
         <td class="bn"></td>
-        <td class="bn"><h3 class="f0-l f1-m f2-s mt4 mb0">Posts in {{ year }}</h3></td>
+        <td class="bn"><h3 class="f0-l f1-m f2-s mt4 mb0">{{ post_name }} in {{ year }}</h3></td>
       </tr>
 {%- endmacro show_year %}
diff --git a/templates/releases.html b/templates/releases.html
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{% import "macros.html" as macros -%}
+{% extends "layout.html" -%}
+{% block page -%}
+<header class="mt3 mt0-ns mb4-ns">
+  <div class="container flex flex-column flex-row-l justify-between-l">
+    <div class="mw6-l">
+      <p>
+        This is a subset of the <a href="/">main Rust blog</a>
+        listing only official release annoucement posts.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        Did you know? There are convenient redirects for
+        the latest and specific release posts:
+        <br/>• <a href="/releases/latest">/releases/latest</a>
+        <br/>• <a href="/releases/1.85.0">/releases/1.85.0</a>
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</header>
+
+{% set section = get_section(path="_index.md") -%}
+<section id="posts" class="posts">
+   <div class="w-100 mw-none ph3 mw8-m mw9-l center f3">
+
+    <table class="post-list collapse w-100 f2-l f2-m f3-s">
+    {%- set rev_pages = section.pages | reverse %}
+    {%- for page in rev_pages %}
+      {%- set num_comps = page.components | length %}
+      {%- set year = page.components | nth(n=num_comps - 4) | int %}
+      {%- set month = page.components | nth(n=num_comps - 3) | int %}
+      {%- set day = page.components | nth(n=num_comps - 2) | int %}
+      {%- if loop.index0 == 0 %}
+      {{ macros::show_year(year=year, post_name="Releases") }}
+      {%- endif %}
+
+      {%- if page.extra is containing("release") %}
+      {%- if loop.index0 != 0 %}
+        {%- set prev_idx = loop.index0 - 1 %}
+        {%- set prev_year = rev_pages[prev_idx].components | nth(n=num_comps - 4) | int %}
+        {%- if prev_year != year %}
+      {{ macros::show_year(year=year, post_name="Releases") }}
+        {%- endif %}
+      {%- endif %}
+      {% if page.show_year %}<tr>
+        <td class="bn"></td>
+        <td class="bn"><h3 class="f0-l f1-m f2-s mt4 mb0">Posts in {{ year }}</h3></td>
+      </tr>{% endif %}
+      <tr>
+        <td class="tr o-60 pr4 pr5-l bn">{{ macros::month_name(num=month) }}&nbsp;{{ day }}</td>
+        <td class="bn"><a href="{{ config.base_url | safe }}{{ page.path | safe }}">{{ macros::escape_hbs(input=page.title) }}</a></td>
+      </tr>
+      {%- endif %}
+    {%- endfor %}
+    </table>
+  </div>
+</section>
+{%- endblock page %}