release news for 2024-12-31

- announce version 2.3 of the mkiocccentry repo
- update `sitemap.xml`
- update `status.json` and `status.html`

status.html

@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
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-<!-- This web page was formed via the tool: bin/gen-top-html.sh -->
-<!-- The content of main section of this web page came from: status.md -->
+<!-- This web page was formed via the tool: bin/gen-status.sh -->
+<!-- The main section of this web page came from JSON and other data files -->
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-<!-- !!! Do not modify this web page, instead modify the file: status.md !!! -->
-<!-- !!! Do not modify this web page, instead modify the file: status.md !!! -->
-<!-- !!! Do not modify this web page, instead modify the file: status.md !!! -->
+<!-- The main section of this web page was generated via the tool: bin/gen-status.sh -->
+<!-- The main section of this web page was generated via the tool: bin/gen-status.sh -->
+<!-- The main section of this web page was generated via the tool: bin/gen-status.sh -->
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@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 
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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>
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
         &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>