Merge pull request #873 from pietroalbini/1.54-pre

Add pre-release testing post for 1.54.0

Author: Mark-Simulacrum

posts/inside-rust/2021-07-26-1.54.0-prerelease.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "1.54.0 pre-release testing"
+author: Pietro Albini
+team: The Release Team <https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/release>
+---
+
+The 1.54.0 pre-release is ready for testing. The release is scheduled for this
+Thursday, July 29th. [Release notes can be found here.][relnotes]
+
+You can try it out locally by running:
+
+```plain
+RUSTUP_DIST_SERVER=https://dev-static.rust-lang.org rustup update stable
+```
+
+The index is <https://dev-static.rust-lang.org/dist/2021-07-29/index.html>. You
+can leave feedback on the [internals thread][internals].
+
+[relnotes]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/RELEASES.md#version-1540-2021-07-29
+[internals]: https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/1-54-0-pre-release-testing/15087