This is for the [Rust2018 initiative][rust2018]. I will try to keep this brief, since I'm sure you have read a bunch of these.
I have to 100% agree with [@nrc's post][nrc]. I feel like Rust has a lot of great things in the pipeline, but it worries me that there are so many [open tracking issues][track] and open issues in general (over 3100 at time of writing).