The screenshots are more recent (including some new ones).
The welcome email images have not been updated as some things have to be
answered before that can be done.
The current files were renamed to be shorter as well.
A choice was made a while back to use website and not web site so
changed all new references of 'web site' to 'website':
sgit -e 's/web site/website/g' '*.md' '*.html'
As this also occurs in the FAQ and there were some minor mods (just
textual, including some fun, not a new FAQ) these are included too.
In order simplify the write-up of the actual Rule 17
into a new FAQ 1.8. The somewhat shorted Rule 17 text
now refers to checks performed by tools, encourages
their use, discourages their misuse (overriding limits),
and is easier to read: we think.
This addresses most (if not all) of the recent changes to chkentry(1)
though a more thorough check will be made later after the mkiocccentry
code freeze.
The minimum version for cvt-submission of chkentry is 1.1.5, the most
recent version.
Technically the previous version would work too but 1.1.5 renamed some
variables to make it more consistent with the mkiocccentry terminology
so it's better to have 1.1.5.
Not only were some commands (multiple cp commands) referencing the wrong
file but the move of template/try.*sh to next/ caused an error.
Additionally the chkentry(1) tool no longer has the two file arg syntax
but instead just one arg, the directory.
I was able to test up to the creation of the index.html file but I got
an error. I believe this is due to something else not being set up (I
did have to temporarily modify .top to test this out - as one example -
but I surely missed some things).
The IOCCC28 will now open on **2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC**
and enter the judging state on **2025-06-05 04:03:02.010099 UTC**.
Updated sitemap, added news for 2025-02-12, and updated the status.
Performed `make www gen_status gen_sitemap timestamp` on macOS to complete the above.
I have thought of and plugged additional holes in the process (same with
txzchk but that's beyond the scope of the document) so the FAQ was
updated for this.
Also because it is a long list of steps there is now a TL;DR part above
it.
There was an order issue in the list as well.
The FAQ stated (due to a mistake in the issue in the mkiocccentry repo)
that the submission directory (under workdir) has the timestamp in it
but that is not true. Instead the tarball filename has the timestamp.
Typo fix in guidelines.
The list now details every step taken and the question was also changed
to help make it easier to find (one need not read this but if they want
to it is now in the correct order).
It is highly recommended that you run the tool from either the repo
directory itself (making sure you have the most up to date version of
course) or make sure you have installed it (also making sure you have
the most recent version). Not doing this will cause issues with checks
and in the case of out of date versions the submission would be rejected
due to violating rule 17. One can specify the options to mkiocccentry
for the tools required but if you forget or don't have the most up to
date version you will very likely run into problems.
Rule 17 mandates specific file permissions for files/directories in
submission tarballs but the documentation did not state this. More work
might need to be done here but it should be better now.
Landon Curt Noll