This is a tracking issue for the RFC "Make the authors field optional" (rust-lang/rfcs#3052).

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Steps

• Implement the RFC
  • cargo: stop including authorship information in cargo new/cargo init and in templates
  • crates.io: start accepting crates without authorship information
  • crates.io: stop displaying and serving authorship information
  • docs.rs: stop displaying and serving authorship information

Implementation history

• start accepting crates without authorship information crates.io#3429 - start accepting crates without authorship information
• Remove "Authors" section from crate details page crates.io#3132 - Remove "Authors" section from crate details page
• RFC 3052: Stop including authors field in manifests made by cargo new cargo#9282 - Stop including authors field in manifests made by cargo new
• stop displaying and serving authorship information docs.rs#1322 - stop displaying and serving authorship information
• stop collecting author data and delete the old data docs.rs#1323 - stop collecting author data and delete the old data