Rewrite the `ci.py` script in Rust
It would seem that I would learn by now that any script written in Python will become unmaintainable sooner or later, but alas..
r? `@marcoieni`
try-job: aarch64-gnu
try-job: dist-x86_64-linux-alt
try-job: x86_64-msvc-ext2
Fixes: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/137013
stabilize stage management for rustc tools
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/135990 got out of control due to excessive complexity. This PR aims to achieve the same goal with a simpler approach, likely through multiple smaller PRs. I will keep the other one read-only and open as a reference for future work.
This work stabilizes the staging logic for `ToolRustc` programs, so you no longer need to handle build and target compilers separately in steps. Previously, most tools didn't do this correctly, which was causing the compiler to be built twice (e.g., `x test cargo --stage 1` would compile the stage 2 compiler before, but now it only compiles the stage 1 compiler).
I also tried to document how we should write `ToolRustc` steps as they are quite different and require more attention than other tools.
Next goal is to stabilize how stages are handled for the rustc itself. Currently, `x build --stage 1` builds the stage 1 compiler which is fine, but `x build compiler --stage 1` builds stage 2 compiler.
~~for now, r? ghost~~
Added project-specific Zed IDE settings
This repository currently has project-specific VS Code IDE settings in `.vscode` and `compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/.vscode`. Now there are equivalent project-specific Zed IDE settings alongside those.
This fixes `rust-analyzer` not being able to properly handle this project.
Note that:
1. The contents of `src/tools/rust-analyzer/.vscode` could not be translated to Zed, as they aren't basic IDE settings.
2. One of the VS Code settings in `.vscode` has no corresponding setting in Zed, and so this has been noted like this:
```json
"_settings_only_in_vs_code_not_yet_in_zed": {
"git.detectSubmodulesLimit": 20
},
```
Improve documentation when adding a new target
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/133631#issuecomment-2607877936 shows that it can be a bit difficult process-wise to add a new target.
I've added a bit of text to the docs, suggesting that users add the target defintion/spec first, and later work on `std` support.
I also found that we have two places where we document how to add a new target. I've linked these for now, but they should probably be merged somehow in the future.
`@rustbot` label A-docs
r? compiler
CC `@workingjubilee` who's worked a lot on target specs IIRC.
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