release news for 2024-12-31

- announce version 2.3 of the mkiocccentry repo
- update `sitemap.xml`
- update `status.json` and `status.html`
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@@ -432,7 +432,14 @@ 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">2024-12-30</h2>
<h2 id="section">2024-12-31</h2>
<p>We have just released <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry/releases/tag/v2.3">version 2.3 of the mkiocccentry repo</a>.
This repo 2.3 release includes important improvements (over repo release 2.1) to the <code>mkiocccentry(1)</code> tool
as well as a critical fix for installing on BSD based systems.</p>
<p>Please download <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry/releases/tag/v2.3">version 2.3 of the mkiocccentry repo</a>,
and compile the <a href="faq.html#mkiocccentry">mkiocccentry tool set</a>. You may also wish to install this code.
See also the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry/blob/master/FAQ.md">mkiocccentry FAQ</a> for more information.</p>
<h2 id="section-1">2024-12-30</h2>
<p>The IOCCC <a href="next/rules.html#rule13">Rule 13</a> no longer discourages the
use of UTF-8 in C source. Since the days of <code>-std=gnu17</code> compilers,
UTF-8 characters do not impose a compiler problem. The related guideline
@@ -443,7 +450,7 @@ modifications as means to tell the submitter that their submission was received.
<p>All of the import IOCCC dates within the <a href="next/rules.html">IOCCC rules</a>
have been moved into the “<a href="next/rules.html#dates">Important IOCCC dates</a>”
section.</p>
<h2 id="section-1">2024-12-28</h2>
<h2 id="section-2">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
@@ -471,7 +478,7 @@ and <a href="status.json">status.json</a> has been updated to reflect this new s
<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-2">2024-06-08</h2>
<h2 id="section-3">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>
@@ -501,7 +508,7 @@ 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-3">2024-05-30</h2>
<h2 id="section-4">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>
@@ -536,7 +543,7 @@ 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-4">2024-04-30</h2>
<h2 id="section-5">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
@@ -558,7 +565,7 @@ 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-5">2024-04-20</h2>
<h2 id="section-6">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.
@@ -576,10 +583,10 @@ 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-6">2024-02-29</h2>
<h2 id="section-7">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-7">2023-05-22</h2>
<h2 id="section-8">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
@@ -635,7 +642,7 @@ 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-8">2023-01-30</h2>
<h2 id="section-9">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
@@ -647,7 +654,7 @@ 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-9">2022-12-18</h2>
<h2 id="section-10">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>
@@ -665,7 +672,7 @@ 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-10">2022-11-29</h2>
<h2 id="section-11">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>
@@ -700,7 +707,7 @@ 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-11">2022-11-19</h2>
<h2 id="section-12">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,
@@ -712,13 +719,13 @@ 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-12">2022-01-15</h2>
<h2 id="section-13">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-13">2021-12-27</h2>
<h2 id="section-14">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
@@ -727,7 +734,7 @@ 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-14">2021-10-21</h2>
<h2 id="section-15">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
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</div>
## 2024-12-31
We have just released [version 2.3 of the mkiocccentry repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry/releases/tag/v2.3).
This repo 2.3 release includes important improvements (over repo release 2.1) to the `mkiocccentry(1)` tool
as well as a critical fix for installing on BSD based systems.
Please download [version 2.3 of the mkiocccentry repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry/releases/tag/v2.3),
and compile the [mkiocccentry tool set](faq.html#mkiocccentry). You may also wish to install this code.
See also the [mkiocccentry FAQ](https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry/blob/master/FAQ.md) for more information.
## 2024-12-30
The IOCCC [Rule 13](next/rules.html#rule13) no longer discourages the
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/1984/anonymous/anonymous.c</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:29+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T06:46:15+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/1984/anonymous/anonymous.orig.c</loc>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/1998/fanf/fanf.c</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:29+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T21:53:04+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/1998/fanf/fanf.lambda</loc>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/1998/fanf/index.html</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:29+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T21:55:15+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/1998/fanf/Makefile</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:29+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T21:53:04+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/1998/fanf/.path</loc>
@@ -6286,7 +6286,7 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/1998/fanf/README.md</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:29+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T21:53:04+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/1998/fanf/try.sh</loc>
@@ -17890,11 +17890,11 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/2020/ferguson2/prog.alt.c</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T05:57:32+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/2020/ferguson2/prog.c</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T05:57:32+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/2020/ferguson2/prog.orig.c</loc>
@@ -18750,7 +18750,7 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/author/Don_Yang.json</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T05:34:13+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/author/Doron_Osovlanski.json</loc>
@@ -19198,7 +19198,7 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/authors.html</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T05:36:49+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/author/Sjoerd_Mullender.json</loc>
@@ -19478,7 +19478,7 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/bin/status2html.sh</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T10:30:46+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-31T20:10:53+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/bin/subst.default.sh</loc>
@@ -19550,7 +19550,7 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/.gitignore</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:29+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-31T08:49:44+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/inc/after-content.default.html</loc>
@@ -19590,7 +19590,7 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/inc/guidelines.pending.hdr</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T10:10:07+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-31T20:10:53+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/inc/guidelines.year.hdr</loc>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/inc/rules.pending.hdr</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T10:12:13+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-31T20:10:53+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/inc/rules.year.hdr</loc>
@@ -19686,11 +19686,11 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/index.html</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T11:30:32+00:00</lastmod>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/index.md</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T11:30:11+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T21:44:48+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/ioccc.css</loc>
@@ -19710,7 +19710,7 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/location.html</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T05:37:56+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/Makefile</loc>
@@ -19718,11 +19718,11 @@
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/news.html</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-31T21:42:29+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/news.md</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-31T21:39:37+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/README.html</loc>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/status.json</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T10:01:35+00:00</lastmod>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/thanks-for-help.html</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00</lastmod>
<lastmod>2024-12-30T21:55:08+00:00</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/thanks-for-help.md</loc>
<lastmod>2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00</lastmod>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.ioccc.org/.top</loc>
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<h1 id="the-ioccc-is-not-yet-open">The IOCCC is not yet open</h1>
<h1 id="the-ioccc-is-pending">The IOCCC is pending</h1>
<p>While the IOCCC is not open now, there is a tentative opening date for the next IOCCC.</p>
<p>See the <a href="news.html">IOCCC news</a> for details including the tentative scheduled opening date.</p>
<p>A preliminary <a href="next/rules.html">IOCCC rules</a>, preliminary <a href="next/guidelines.html">IOCCC guidelines</a>, and preliminary <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry">mkiocccentry tools</a> have been posted.</p>
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&quot;no_comment&quot; : &quot;mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec&quot;,
&quot;IOCCC_status_version&quot; : &quot;1.0 2024-03-09&quot;,
&quot;contest_status&quot; : &quot;pending&quot;,
&quot;news_update&quot; : &quot;2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00&quot;,
&quot;news_update&quot; : &quot;2024-12-31T21:39:37+00:00&quot;,
&quot;status_update&quot; : &quot;2024-12-29T10:01:35+00:00&quot;
}</code></pre>
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"contest_status" : "pending",
"news_update" : "2024-12-29T09:57:30+00:00",
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}