diff --git a/news.html b/news.html index 0f269d16e..ca4a69d3f 100644 --- a/news.html +++ b/news.html @@ -431,14 +431,36 @@ major events such as the opening of a new IOCCC, or who won.

See the FAQ on “Mastodon” for more information on Mastodon.

+

IOCCC Discord Community

+

We invite you to join the IOCCC Discord Community via this link: https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw

News

-

2025-02-28

+

2025-03-05

+

The 40th anniversary of the IOCCC, IOCCC28, will be open for +submissions from 2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC to 2025-06-05 04:03:02.010099 UTC.

+

Version 28.30 2025-03-03 of the IOCCC28 rules, +version 28.44 2025-03-04 of the IOCCC28 guidelines, and +version 2.4.2 2025-03-02 of the mkiocccentry toolkit, +are now official.

+

See the IOCCC quick start guide for how to enter, and +the mkiocccentry repo FAQ for +information on the mkiocccentry toolkit. abd +the IOCCC FAQ for general information on the IOCCC.

+

In order to submit to the IOCCC28 you must be +registered for the IOCCC28. DO NOT wait until the last minute +to register as the process can take a bit of time to complete!

+

Those who registered while the contest was pending +should have received their IOCCC submit server +and initial password by email. If you cannot find that email, contact the +IOCCC Judges by email +for help. We have given early registrants extra time (until 2025 Mar 12 UTC), to login +and change their initial password.

+

2025-02-28

We have reached our code freeze milestone for the mkiocccentry repo and released a new version of the mkiocccentry toolkit!

Final testing is going well. We remain on track to open the IOCCC28 on 2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC.

In a few days, those registered for IOCCC28 will receive email with their username and initial password to submit their code.

We encourage those who wish to enter the IOCCC28 to registered for IOCCC28 today.

Consider joining the IOCCC discord community via this link: https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw

-

2025-02-12

+

2025-02-12

We have discovered an issue that needs to be resolved, followed by more testing after the code freeze. We also want to improve the IOCCC28 guidelines, and to simplify the write-up of the IOCCC28 rules.

@@ -446,7 +468,7 @@ and to simplify the write-up of the IOCCC28 rules. on 2024-12-29 23:58:13.213455 UTC, is now scheduled to be open from 2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC to 2025-06-05 04:03:02.010099 UTC. We apologize for this delay.

-

2025-01-28

+

2025-01-28

IMPORTANT DISCORD UPDATE: Due to a Discord bug/mis-feature, those who joined the IOCCC Discord server recently lost their access soon afterwards and have to re-join. @@ -456,7 +478,7 @@ Fans of the IOCCC, hopeful IOCCC28 contestants, and past winner are all encouraged to stop by and say hello.

To join, click this link: https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw.

-

2025-01-25

+

2025-01-25

The IOCCC now has a Discord server! Click the link to join the IOCCC Discord server. Fans of the IOCCC, hopeful IOCCC28 contestants, and past winners of the IOCCC @@ -472,14 +494,14 @@ on 2024-12-29 23:58:13.213455 UTC, is now scheduled to be 2025-02-19 23:19:17.130705 UTC to 2025-05-19 23:29:31.374143 UTC. We will update the IOCCC rules and IOCCC guidelines accordingly, before the contest opens.

-

2024-12-31

+

2024-12-31

We have just released version 2.3 of the mkiocccentry repo. 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, and compile the mkiocccentry tool set. You may also wish to install this code. See also the mkiocccentry FAQ for more information.

-

2024-12-30

+

2024-12-30

The IOCCC Rule 13 no longer discourages the use of UTF-8 in C source. Since the days of -std=gnu17 compilers, UTF-8 characters do not impose a compiler problem. The related guideline @@ -490,7 +512,7 @@ modifications as means to tell the submitter that their submission was received.

All of the import IOCCC dates within the IOCCC rules have been moved into the “Important IOCCC dates” section.

-

2024-12-28

+

2024-12-28

Good News Everyone! :-)

After a 4 year effort by a number of people, with over 6168+ commits, the Great Fork Merge has been completed @@ -518,7 +540,7 @@ and status.json has been updated to reflect this new s

Proposed and tentative IOCCC rules and IOCCC guidelines have been released.

See FAQ Section 0 for more information on how to enter.

-

2024-06-08

+

2024-06-08

We continue to make good progress on the temp-test-ioccc website via the temp-test-ioccc repo.

@@ -548,7 +570,7 @@ 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.

Once the submit server server is ready another FAQ will be added and that entry can be looked at alone.

-

2024-05-30

+

2024-05-30

A number of issues from minor fixes have been applied to the temp-test-ioccc website via the temp-test-ioccc repo.

@@ -583,7 +605,7 @@ ask for beta testing of the new IOCCC registration process and This will speed up the start date of IOCCC28.

It is our plan that IOCCC28 will occur in 2024, the 40th anniversary of the IOCCC.

-

2024-04-30

+

2024-04-30

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 hamburger-style menu icon in place of @@ -605,7 +627,7 @@ files that are static (not generated bin tools) report no warnings, nor info** messages, changes involving fixing invalid links to local files have been corrected, and changes involving the topbar are now HTML 5 conforming.

-

2024-04-20

+

2024-04-20

Nearly all of the temp-test-ioccc website website has undergone editorial review. Nearly all IOCCC winning entries compile on modern systems and many have try.sh scripts to help you run them. @@ -623,10 +645,10 @@ glaring “dancing bears” and other frivolous web features.

where the contents of the temp-test-ioccc website will be merged into the Official IOCCC website.

Stay tuned!

-

2024-02-29

+

2024-02-29

We continue to make good progress on website. In the temp-test-ioccc GitHub repo we have made nearly 4600 changes to date!

All web pages, including this one, are now constructed from markdown files and/or JSON data files using tools found in the bin directory.

-

2023-05-22

+

2023-05-22

We have been busy preparing for an important / significant update to this website. In the temp-test-ioccc GitHub repo we have made nearly 2645 changes to date.

While you are free to look at the temp-test-ioccc GitHub repo, please do not link to it as this repo and related website will disappear once the main @@ -682,7 +704,7 @@ that needs urgent fixing. The IOCCCMOCK will us to beta-test the new IOCCC process without putting the hard work of those who submit real IOCCC entries at risk.

Stay tuned!

-

2023-01-30

+

2023-01-30

We added to the status.json page, a “status_date” JSON member whose value is the date @@ -694,7 +716,7 @@ a “latest_news” JSON member whose value is the date of the most recent news item.

    "status_date" : "Mon Jan 30 02:28:44 PST 2023",
     "latest_news" : "Mon Jan 30 02:28:44 PST 2023"
-

2022-12-18

+

2022-12-18

As per the suggestion of Toni Mikkola (@Virtaava@home.social) we now maintain a status.json page on this website.

@@ -712,7 +734,7 @@ The details of such additional JSON members are TBD.

Instead you will have to rely on the additional JSON information and/or read the IOCCC news, and/or follow us on Mastodon via @ioccc@fosstodon.org.

-

2022-11-29

+

2022-11-29

We are planning to abandon our IOCCC Twitter feed in favor of our new IOCCC Mastodon feed.

@@ -747,7 +769,7 @@ is made possible by volunteers, and those who voluntarily support the cost of their server.

Stay tuned in Mastodon as we update you on our progress towards the next IOCCC!

-

2022-11-19

+

2022-11-19

Source code has been released for version 0.8.1 2022-11-19 of the mkiocccentry repo, a GitHub repo that includes the official iocccsize tool, @@ -759,13 +781,13 @@ 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.

We are working on complete rebuild of this website as well.

-

2022-01-15

+

2022-01-15

Source code has been released for version 0.24 2022-01-15 of the mkiocccentry tool, 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).

-

2021-12-27

+

2021-12-27

The Judges are continuing to work on re-tooling how we run the IOCCC. We are writing tools under various repositories our @@ -774,7 +796,7 @@ 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!

-

2021-10-21

+

2021-10-21

The Judges are re-tooling how we run the IOCCC. Our goal is to build a smoother, more rapid process centered around diff --git a/news.md b/news.md index 7dba65c44..cb9ca9c66 100644 --- a/news.md +++ b/news.md @@ -9,11 +9,44 @@ See the FAQ on "[Mastodon](faq.html#try_mastodon)" for more information on Mastodon. + +### IOCCC Discord Community + +We invite you to join the **IOCCC Discord Community** via this link: [https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw](https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw) + +

# News
+## 2025-03-05 + +The [40th anniversary of the IOCCC](faq.html#ioccc_start), **IOCCC28**, will be **open** for +submissions from **2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC** to **2025-06-05 04:03:02.010099 UTC**. + +Version **28.30 2025-03-03** of the [IOCCC28 rules](next/rules.html), +version **28.44 2025-03-04** of the [IOCCC28 guidelines](next/guidelines.html), and +version **2.4.2 2025-03-02** of the [mkiocccentry toolkit](https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry), +are now [official](next/index.html). + +See the [IOCCC quick start guide](quick-start.html#enter) for how to enter, and +the [mkiocccentry repo FAQ](faq.html#mkiocccentry) for +information on the [mkiocccentry toolkit](https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry). abd +the [IOCCC FAQ](faq.html) for general information on the [IOCCC](index.html). + +In order to [submit to the IOCCC28](next/submit.html) you must be +[registered for the IOCCC28](next/register.html). **DO NOT** wait until the last minute +to register as the process can take a bit of time to complete! + +Those who registered while the contest was **pending** +should have received their [IOCCC submit server](https://submit.ioccc.org) +and initial password by email. If you cannot find that email, contact the +[IOCCC Judges by email](contact.html#if-you-really-need-to-send-email-the-ioccc-judges) +for help. We have given early registrants extra time (until **2025 Mar 12 UTC**), to login +and change their initial password. + + ## 2025-02-28 We have reached our **code freeze** milestone for the [mkiocccentry repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry) and released a new version of the [mkiocccentry toolkit](faq.html#mkiocccentry)! diff --git a/next/guidelines.html b/next/guidelines.html index b8af49ad3..982094d4f 100644 --- a/next/guidelines.html +++ b/next/guidelines.html @@ -424,27 +424,30 @@ - -

WARNING: These guidelines are TENTATIVE

-

One might think of them as a beta release for the IOCCC -that is about to open.

-

IMPORTANT: All tentative rules and guidelines -are subject to change by the IOCCC judges at any time. -See both the IOCCC news and the IOCCC -Mastodon feed as sometimes the -IOCCC judges mention changes there.

+ +

Official IOCCC guidelines

+

These guidelines are OFFICIAL.

+

Unless some significant problem turns up (such as a need to delay +in when the IOCCC will close, or some major bug is discovered) they +will remain OFFICIAL for this IOCCC.

See our FAQ on “rules, guidelines, tools feedback” as well as our FAQ on “about asking questions” about these guidelines. You might also find the FAQ in general useful, especially the FAQ on “how to enter the IOCCC”.

-

The IOCCC is pending

-

While the IOCCC is not open yet, there is a tentative opening date for the next IOCCC.

-

Comments and suggestions on these preliminary guidelines are welcome. See the -FAQ for how to suggest, correct or provide feedback -about these guidelines.

- +

SUGGESTION: Watch both the IOCCC news and the +IOCCC Mastodon feed for the latest news +about any mentions changes.

+

HINT to mastodon users: You may wish to refresh the @IOCCC +mastodon feed page and/or mastodon +app from time to time to view IOCCC mastodon updates.

+

The IOCCC open for submissions

+

See “FAQ - How may I enter the IOCCC” +for information on how to register for the IOCCC, how to create a proper +bzip2 compressed tarball of your submission, and how to upload your +bzip2 compressed tarball to the IOCCC submit server.

+

28th International Obfuscated C Code Contest Official Guidelines

diff --git a/next/guidelines.md b/next/guidelines.md index 917d994f6..13d4a0551 100644 --- a/next/guidelines.md +++ b/next/guidelines.md @@ -1,15 +1,12 @@ - + -# WARNING: These guidelines are TENTATIVE +# Official IOCCC guidelines -One might think of them as a **beta** release for the IOCCC -that is about to open. +These guidelines are **OFFICIAL**. -**IMPORTANT**: All **tentative** [rules](rules.html) and [guidelines](guidelines.html) -are subject to change by the [IOCCC judges](../judges.html) at any time. -See both the [IOCCC news](../news.html) and the [IOCCC -Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc) feed as _sometimes_ the -[IOCCC judges](../judges.html) _mention_ changes there. +Unless some significant problem turns up (such as a need to delay +in when the IOCCC will close, or some major bug is discovered) they +will remain **OFFICIAL** for this IOCCC. See our FAQ on "[rules, guidelines, tools feedback](../faq.html#feedback)" @@ -18,16 +15,23 @@ FAQ on "[about asking questions](../faq.html#question)" about these guidelines. You might also find the FAQ in general useful, especially the FAQ on "[how to enter the IOCCC](../quick-start.html#enter)". +**SUGGESTION**: Watch both the [IOCCC news](../news.html) and the +[IOCCC Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc) feed for the latest news +about any _mentions_ changes. -# The IOCCC is pending +**HINT to mastodon users**: You may wish to refresh the [@IOCCC +mastodon feed](https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc) page and/or mastodon +app from time to time to view IOCCC mastodon updates. -While the IOCCC is not open yet, there is a tentative opening date for the next IOCCC. -Comments and suggestions on these preliminary guidelines are welcome. See the -[FAQ](../faq.html#feedback) for how to suggest, correct or provide feedback -about these guidelines. +# The IOCCC open for submissions - +See "[FAQ - How may I enter the IOCCC](https://www.ioccc.org/quick-start.html#enter)" +for information on how to register for the IOCCC, how to create a proper +bzip2 compressed tarball of your submission, and how to upload your +bzip2 compressed tarball to the IOCCC submit server. + + # 28th International Obfuscated C Code Contest Official Guidelines diff --git a/next/rules.html b/next/rules.html index d5848e1c4..df2aab1e9 100644 --- a/next/rules.html +++ b/next/rules.html @@ -424,27 +424,30 @@ - -

WARNING: These rules are TENTATIVE

-

One might think of them as a beta release for the IOCCC -that is about to open.

-

IMPORTANT: All tentative rules and guidelines -are subject to change by the IOCCC judges at any time. -See both the IOCCC news and the IOCCC -Mastodon feed as sometimes the -IOCCC judges mention changes there.

+ +

Official IOCCC rules

+

These rules are OFFICIAL.

+

Unless some significant problem turns up (such as a need to delay +in when the IOCCC will close, or some major bug is discovered) they +will remain OFFICIAL for this IOCCC.

See our FAQ on “rules, guidelines, tools feedback” as well as our FAQ on “about asking questions” about these rules. You might also find the FAQ in general useful, especially the FAQ on “how to enter the IOCCC”.

-

The IOCCC is pending

-

While the IOCCC is not open now, there is a tentative opening date for the next IOCCC.

-

Comments and suggestions on these preliminary rules are welcome. See the -FAQ for how to suggest, correct or provide feedback -about these rules.

- +

SUGGESTION: Watch both the IOCCC news and the +IOCCC Mastodon feed for the latest news +about any mentions changes.

+

HINT to mastodon users: You may wish to refresh the @IOCCC +mastodon feed page and/or mastodon +app from time to time to view IOCCC mastodon updates.

+

The IOCCC open for submissions

+

See “FAQ - How may I enter the IOCCC” +for information on how to register for the IOCCC, how to create a proper +bzip2 compressed tarball of your submission, and how to upload your +bzip2 compressed tarball to the IOCCC submit server.

+

28th International Obfuscated C Code Contest Official Rules

diff --git a/next/rules.md b/next/rules.md index a6b0dd524..af81c1ad5 100644 --- a/next/rules.md +++ b/next/rules.md @@ -1,15 +1,12 @@ - + -# WARNING: These rules are TENTATIVE +# Official IOCCC rules -One might think of them as a **beta** release for the IOCCC -that is about to open. +These rules are **OFFICIAL**. -**IMPORTANT**: All **tentative** [rules](rules.html) and [guidelines](guidelines.html) -are subject to change by the [IOCCC judges](../judges.html) at any time. -See both the [IOCCC news](../news.html) and the [IOCCC -Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc) feed as _sometimes_ the -[IOCCC judges](../judges.html) _mention_ changes there. +Unless some significant problem turns up (such as a need to delay +in when the IOCCC will close, or some major bug is discovered) they +will remain **OFFICIAL** for this IOCCC. See our FAQ on "[rules, guidelines, tools feedback](../faq.html#feedback)" @@ -18,16 +15,23 @@ FAQ on "[about asking questions](../faq.html#question)" about these rules. You might also find the FAQ in general useful, especially the FAQ on "[how to enter the IOCCC](../quick-start.html#enter)". +**SUGGESTION**: Watch both the [IOCCC news](../news.html) and the +[IOCCC Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc) feed for the latest news +about any _mentions_ changes. -# The IOCCC is pending +**HINT to mastodon users**: You may wish to refresh the [@IOCCC +mastodon feed](https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc) page and/or mastodon +app from time to time to view IOCCC mastodon updates. -While the IOCCC is not open now, there is a tentative opening date for the next IOCCC. -Comments and suggestions on these preliminary rules are welcome. See the -[FAQ](../faq.html#feedback) for how to suggest, correct or provide feedback -about these rules. +# The IOCCC open for submissions - +See "[FAQ - How may I enter the IOCCC](../quick-start.html#enter)" +for information on how to register for the IOCCC, how to create a proper +bzip2 compressed tarball of your submission, and how to upload your +bzip2 compressed tarball to the IOCCC submit server. + + # 28th International Obfuscated C Code Contest Official Rules diff --git a/sitemap.xml b/sitemap.xml index 376a6cdd8..1e98d0ce2 100644 --- a/sitemap.xml +++ b/sitemap.xml @@ -15458,11 +15458,11 @@ https://www.ioccc.org/news.html - 2025-03-01T20:46:01+00:00 + 2025-03-05T19:25:53+00:00 https://www.ioccc.org/news.md - 2025-03-01T20:46:01+00:00 + 2025-03-05T19:25:46+00:00 https://www.ioccc.org/README.html @@ -15478,7 +15478,7 @@ https://www.ioccc.org/status.json - 2025-03-01T21:20:13+00:00 + 2025-03-05T19:25:59+00:00 https://www.ioccc.org/thanks-for-help.html diff --git a/status.html b/status.html index 636d5acdb..f161517d4 100644 --- a/status.html +++ b/status.html @@ -425,18 +425,17 @@ -

The IOCCC is pending

-

While the IOCCC is not open now, there is a tentative opening date for the next IOCCC.

-

See the IOCCC news for details including the tentative scheduled opening date.

-

A preliminary IOCCC rules, preliminary IOCCC guidelines, and preliminary mkiocccentry tools have been posted.

-

Comments and suggestions on these preliminary items are welcome, see FAQ 0.5 for information on how.

+

The IOCCC is open for submissions

+

See the IOCCC news page for possible updates to rules, guidelines, tools and deadlines.

+

See How to enter the IOCCC FAQ for additional information.

+

IMPORTANT: If you viewed the preliminary IOCCC rules, guidelines, and tools while the IOCCC status was pending, be sure to review the official IOCCC rules, guidelines, and tools for any changes that may have been recently made before submitting to the IOCCC.

status.json

    {
         "no_comment" : "mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec",
         "IOCCC_status_version" : "1.0 2024-03-09",
-        "contest_status" : "pending",
-        "news_update" : "2025-03-01T20:46:01+00:00",
-        "status_update" : "2024-12-29T10:01:35+00:00"
+        "contest_status" : "open",
+        "news_update" : "2025-03-05T19:25:46+00:00",
+        "status_update" : "2025-03-05T18:15:23+00:00"
     }
diff --git a/status.json b/status.json index 689619e22..784f586f9 100644 --- a/status.json +++ b/status.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "no_comment" : "mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec", "IOCCC_status_version" : "1.0 2024-03-09", - "contest_status" : "pending", - "news_update" : "2025-03-01T20:46:01+00:00", - "status_update" : "2024-12-29T10:01:35+00:00" + "contest_status" : "open", + "news_update" : "2025-03-05T19:25:46+00:00", + "status_update" : "2025-03-05T18:15:23+00:00" }