add news event 2024-12-28 to the news

Announce the result of the **Great Fork Merge** and the IOCCC28 dates!

news.html

@@ -432,7 +432,33 @@ major events such as the opening of a new IOCCC, or who won.</p>
 FAQ on “<a href="faq.html#try_mastodon">Mastodon</a>”
 for more information on Mastodon.</p>
 <h1 id="news">News</h1>
-<h2 id="section">2024-06-08</h2>
+<h2 id="section">2024-12-28</h2>
+<h3 id="good-news-everyone--">Good News Everyone! :-)</h3>
+<p>After a 4 year effort by a <a href="thanks-for-help.html">number of people</a>,
+with over 6168+ commits, the <strong>Great Fork Merge</strong> has been completed
+and the <a href="index.html">Official IOCCC web site</a> has been updated!</p>
+<p>A significant number of improvements has been made to the
+<a href="years.html">IOCCC winning entries</a>.
+A number of fixes and improvements involve the ability of reasonable modern
+Unix/Linux systems to be able to compile and even run them.
+See <a href="faq.html#compiling">FAQ Section 4</a> for
+information on how to compile.
+See the <a href="faq.html#changes">FAQ Section 8</a>
+for details on changes made to the entries.</p>
+<p>We hope you enjoy the new and improved
+<a href="index.html">Official IOCCC web site</a>.
+This web site is backed by the
+<a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner">IOCCC winner repo</a>.
+See <a href="faq.html#help">FAQ Section 9</a> for
+how you help <a href="faq.html#fix_website">improve / fix the we site</a>,
+or fix <a href="bugs.html">known bugs in IOCCC winning entries</a>.</p>
+<h3 id="ioccc28-is-starting">IOCCC28 is starting!</h3>
+<p>The IOCCC28, the <a href="faq.html#ioccc_start">40th anniversary of the IOCCC</a> is now
+scheduled to run from <strong>2024-12-29 23:58:13.213455 UTC</strong> to <strong>2025-04-01 23:29:31.374143 UTC</strong>!!!.</p>
+<p>Proposed and tentative <a href="next/rules.html">IOCCC rules</a> and <a href="next/guidelines.html">IOCCC guidelines</a>
+have been released.</p>
+<p>See <a href="faq.html#enter_questions">FAQ Section 0</a> for more information on how to enter.</p>
+<h2 id="section-1">2024-06-08</h2>
 <p>We continue to make good progress on the
 <a href="https://ioccc-src.github.io/temp-test-ioccc/">temp-test-ioccc website</a>
 via the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc">temp-test-ioccc</a> repo.</p>
@@ -462,7 +488,7 @@ not having to look at them more than once on a whole, other than possible
 entries that have to be added at the end, like the example below.</p>
 <p>Once the <em>submit server</em> server is ready another FAQ will be added and that
 entry can be looked at alone.</p>
-<h2 id="section-1">2024-05-30</h2>
+<h2 id="section-2">2024-05-30</h2>
 <p>A number of issues from minor fixes have been applied to the
 <a href="https://ioccc-src.github.io/temp-test-ioccc/">temp-test-ioccc website</a>
 via the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc">temp-test-ioccc</a> repo.</p>
@@ -497,7 +523,7 @@ ask for beta testing of the new <strong>IOCCC registration process</strong> and
 This will speed up the start date of IOCCC28.</p>
 <p>It is our plan that IOCCC28 will occur in 2024, the 40th anniversary of the
 IOCCC.</p>
-<h2 id="section-2">2024-04-30</h2>
+<h2 id="section-3">2024-04-30</h2>
 <p>The website now is viewing by mobile devices such as cell phones
 and tablets. Devices with a screen resolution 1024 pixels and
 narrower are given a <em>hamburger-style</em> menu icon in place of
@@ -519,7 +545,7 @@ files that are static (not generated <code>bin</code> tools) report </strong>no
 warnings, nor info** messages, changes involving fixing invalid
 links to local files have been corrected, and changes involving the
 <em>topbar</em> are now HTML 5 conforming.</p>
-<h2 id="section-3">2024-04-20</h2>
+<h2 id="section-4">2024-04-20</h2>
 <p>Nearly all of the <a href="https://ioccc-src.github.io/temp-test-ioccc/">temp-test-ioccc website</a>
 website has undergone editorial review. Nearly all <a href="years.html">IOCCC winning entries</a>
 compile on modern systems and many have <code>try.sh</code> scripts to help you run them.
@@ -537,10 +563,10 @@ glaring “<em>dancing bears</em>” and other frivolous web features.</p>
 where the contents of the <a href="https://ioccc-src.github.io/temp-test-ioccc/">temp-test-ioccc website</a>
 will be merged into the <a href="https://www.ioccc.org/index.html">Official IOCCC website</a>.</p>
 <p>Stay tuned!</p>
-<h2 id="section-4">2024-02-29</h2>
+<h2 id="section-5">2024-02-29</h2>
 <p>We continue to make good progress on website. In the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc">temp-test-ioccc GitHub repo</a> we have made nearly 4600 changes to date!</p>
 <p>All web pages, including this one, are now constructed from markdown files and/or JSON data files using tools found in the <a href="bin/index.html">bin</a> directory.</p>
-<h2 id="section-5">2023-05-22</h2>
+<h2 id="section-6">2023-05-22</h2>
 <p>We have been busy preparing for an important / significant update to this website. In the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc">temp-test-ioccc GitHub repo</a> we have made nearly 2645 changes to date.</p>
 <p>While you are free to look at the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc">temp-test-ioccc GitHub repo</a>,
 please <strong>do not link to it</strong> as this repo and related website will disappear once the main
@@ -596,7 +622,7 @@ that needs urgent fixing.
 The <strong>IOCCCMOCK</strong> will us to beta-test the new IOCCC process without putting the hard work of those
 who submit real IOCCC entries at risk.</p>
 <p>Stay tuned!</p>
-<h2 id="section-6">2023-01-30</h2>
+<h2 id="section-7">2023-01-30</h2>
 <p>We added to the
 <a href="status.json">status.json</a> page,
 a <em>“status_date”</em> JSON member whose value is the date
@@ -608,7 +634,7 @@ a <em>“latest_news”</em> JSON member whose value is the date
 of the most recent news item.</p>
 <pre><code>    &quot;status_date&quot; : &quot;Mon Jan 30 02:28:44 PST 2023&quot;,
     &quot;latest_news&quot; : &quot;Mon Jan 30 02:28:44 PST 2023&quot;</code></pre>
-<h2 id="section-7">2022-12-18</h2>
+<h2 id="section-8">2022-12-18</h2>
 <p>As per the suggestion of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Virtaava@home.social">Toni Mikkola
 (<span class="citation" data-cites="Virtaava">@Virtaava</span><span class="citation" data-cites="home.social&amp;rpar">@home.social&amp;rpar</span>;</a>
 we now maintain a <a href="status.json">status.json</a> page on this website.</p>
@@ -626,7 +652,7 @@ The details of such additional JSON members are <em>TBD</em>.</p>
 Instead you will have to rely on the additional JSON information
 and/or read the <a href="#news">IOCCC news</a>,
 and/or follow us on Mastodon via <strong><span class="citation" data-cites="ioccc">@ioccc</span><span class="citation" data-cites="fosstodon.org">@fosstodon.org</span></strong>.</p>
-<h2 id="section-8">2022-11-29</h2>
+<h2 id="section-9">2022-11-29</h2>
 <p>We are planning to abandon our
 <a href="https://twitter.com/ioccc">IOCCC Twitter feed</a>
 in favor of our new <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc">IOCCC Mastodon</a> feed.</p>
@@ -661,7 +687,7 @@ is made possible by volunteers,
 and those who voluntarily
 <a href="https://hub.fosstodon.org/support/">support</a> the cost of their server.</p>
 <p>Stay tuned in Mastodon as we update you on our progress towards the next IOCCC!</p>
-<h2 id="section-9">2022-11-19</h2>
+<h2 id="section-10">2022-11-19</h2>
 <p>Source code has been released for version <strong>0.8.1 2022-11-19</strong> of the
 <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry">mkiocccentry repo</a>,
 a GitHub repo that includes the official iocccsize tool,
@@ -673,13 +699,13 @@ to upload the above mentioned compressed tarball: when the contest is open of co
 judges will go through the motions (without judging the content) of an IOCCC:
 testing the above mentioned tools and testing the submit server.</p>
 <p>We are working on complete rebuild of this website as well.</p>
-<h2 id="section-10">2022-01-15</h2>
+<h2 id="section-11">2022-01-15</h2>
 <p>Source code has been released for version <strong>0.24 2022-01-15</strong> of the
 <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry">mkiocccentry tool</a>,
 a tool that is based on, and is containing, the official iocccsize tool,
 will form a compressed tarball that a registered IOCCC contestant
 will upload to the submit server (when the contest is open of course).</p>
-<h2 id="section-11">2021-12-27</h2>
+<h2 id="section-12">2021-12-27</h2>
 <p><a href="judges.html">The Judges</a>
 are continuing to work on re-tooling how we run the IOCCC.
 We are writing tools under various repositories our
@@ -688,7 +714,7 @@ We are writing tools under various repositories our
 Sorry for the delay, but we think you will appreciate the re-tooling
 when it is completed.
 Stay tuned!</p>
-<h2 id="section-12">2021-10-21</h2>
+<h2 id="section-13">2021-10-21</h2>
 <p><a href="judges.html">The Judges</a>
 are re-tooling how we run the IOCCC.
 Our goal is to build a smoother, more rapid process centered around

news.md

@@ -13,6 +13,44 @@ for more information on Mastodon.
 # News
 </div>
 
+
+## 2024-12-28
+
+### Good News Everyone! :-)
+
+After a 4 year effort by a [number of people](thanks-for-help.html),
+with over 6168+ commits, the **Great Fork Merge** has been completed
+and the [Official IOCCC web site](index.html) has been updated!
+
+A significant number of improvements has been made to the
+[IOCCC winning entries](years.html).
+A number of fixes and improvements involve the ability of reasonable modern
+Unix/Linux systems to be able to compile and even run them.
+See [FAQ Section 4](faq.html#compiling) for
+information on how to compile.
+See the [FAQ Section 8](faq.html#changes)
+for details on changes made to the entries.
+
+We hope you enjoy the new and improved
+[Official IOCCC web site](index.html).
+This web site is backed by the
+[IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner).
+See [FAQ Section 9](faq.html#help) for
+how you help [improve / fix the we site](faq.html#fix_website),
+or fix [known bugs in IOCCC winning entries](bugs.html).
+
+
+### IOCCC28 is starting!
+
+The IOCCC28, the [40th anniversary of the IOCCC](faq.html#ioccc_start) is now
+scheduled to run from **2024-12-29 23:58:13.213455 UTC** to **2025-04-01 23:29:31.374143 UTC**!!!.
+
+Proposed and tentative [IOCCC rules](next/rules.html) and [IOCCC guidelines](next/guidelines.html)
+have been released.
+
+See [FAQ Section 0](faq.html#enter_questions) for more information on how to enter.
+
+
 ## 2024-06-08
 
 We continue to make good progress on the

sitemap.xml

@@ -19718,11 +19718,11 @@
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 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/news.html</loc>
-    <lastmod>2024-12-29T05:15:34+00:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2024-12-29T07:03:52+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/news.md</loc>
-    <lastmod>2024-12-29T05:33:51+00:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2024-12-29T07:03:37+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/README.html</loc>
@@ -19738,7 +19738,7 @@
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/status.json</loc>
-    <lastmod>2024-12-24T01:52:32+00:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2024-12-29T07:04:51+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/thanks-for-help.html</loc>

status.html

@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
         "no_comment" : "mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec",
         "IOCCC_status_version" : "1.0 2024-03-09",
         "contest_status" : "closed",
-        "news_update" : "2024-07-31T22:45:30+00:00",
+        "news_update" : "2024-12-29T07:03:37+00:00",
         "status_update" : "2024-12-24T01:52:32+00:00"
     }</code></pre>
 

status.json

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
     "no_comment" : "mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec",
     "IOCCC_status_version" : "1.0 2024-03-09",
     "contest_status" : "closed",
-    "news_update" : "2024-07-31T22:45:30+00:00",
+    "news_update" : "2024-12-29T07:03:37+00:00",
     "status_update" : "2024-12-24T01:52:32+00:00"
 }