add news for 2025-02-28

Announce the code freeze and in track for the IOCCC28 to open
on **2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC**.

news.html

@@ -432,15 +432,21 @@ <h3 id="please-follow-the-ioccc-on-mastodon">Please follow the <a href="https://
 FAQ on “<a href="faq.html#try_mastodon">Mastodon</a>”
 for more information on Mastodon.</p>
 <h1 id="news">News</h1>
-<h2 id="section">2025-02-12</h2>
+<h2 id="section">2025-02-28</h2>
+<p>We have reached our <strong>code freeze</strong> milestone for the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry">mkiocccentry repo</a> and released a new version of the <a href="faq.html#mkiocccentry">mkiocccentry toolkit</a>!</p>
+<p>Final testing is going well. We remain on track to open the <strong>IOCCC28</strong> on <strong>2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC</strong>.</p>
+<p>In a few days, those <a href="https://www.ioccc.org/next/register.html">registered for IOCCC28</a> will receive email with their username and initial password to <a href="https://submit.ioccc.org">submit their code</a>.</p>
+<p>We encourage those who wish to enter the <strong>IOCCC28</strong> to <a href="https://www.ioccc.org/next/register.html">registered for IOCCC28</a> today.</p>
+<p>Consider joining the IOCCC discord community via this link: <a href="https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw">https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw</a></p>
+<h2 id="section-1">2025-02-12</h2>
 <p>We have discovered an issue that needs to be resolved, followed by more testing
 after the code freeze. We also want to improve the <a href="next/guidelines.html">IOCCC28 guidelines</a>,
 and to simplify the write-up of the <a href="next/rules.html">IOCCC28 rules</a>.</p>
 <p>The <a href="faq.html#ioccc_start">40th anniversary of the IOCCC</a>, which started
 on <strong>2024-12-29 23:58:13.213455 UTC</strong>, is now scheduled to be <strong>open</strong>
 from <strong>2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC</strong> to <strong>2025-06-05 04:03:02.010099 UTC</strong>.
 We apologize for this delay.</p>
-<h2 id="section-1">2025-01-28</h2>
+<h2 id="section-2">2025-01-28</h2>
 <p><strong>IMPORTANT DISCORD UPDATE</strong>: Due to a Discord bug/mis-feature, those
 who joined the <a href="https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw">IOCCC Discord server</a>
 recently lost their access soon afterwards and have to re-join.
@@ -450,7 +456,7 @@ <h2 id="section-1">2025-01-28</h2>
 are all encouraged to stop by and say hello.</p>
 <p>To join, click this link:
 <a href="https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw">https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw</a>.</p>
-<h2 id="section-2">2025-01-25</h2>
+<h2 id="section-3">2025-01-25</h2>
 <p>The IOCCC now has a <a href="https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw">Discord server</a>!
 Click the link to join the <a href="https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw">IOCCC Discord server</a>.
 Fans of the IOCCC, hopeful <strong>IOCCC28</strong> contestants, and past winners of the IOCCC
@@ -466,14 +472,14 @@ <h2 id="section-2">2025-01-25</h2>
 from <strong>2025-02-19 23:19:17.130705 UTC</strong> to <strong>2025-05-19 23:29:31.374143
 UTC</strong>. We will update the <a href="next/rules.html">IOCCC rules</a> and
 <a href="next/guidelines.html">IOCCC guidelines</a> accordingly, before the contest opens.</p>
-<h2 id="section-3">2024-12-31</h2>
+<h2 id="section-4">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-4">2024-12-30</h2>
+<h2 id="section-5">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
@@ -484,7 +490,7 @@ <h2 id="section-4">2024-12-30</h2>
 <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-5">2024-12-28</h2>
+<h2 id="section-6">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
@@ -512,7 +518,7 @@ <h3 id="ioccc28-is-starting">IOCCC28 is starting!</h3>
 <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="quick-start.html#enter_questions">FAQ Section 0</a> for more information on how to enter.</p>
-<h2 id="section-6">2024-06-08</h2>
+<h2 id="section-7">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>
@@ -542,7 +548,7 @@ <h2 id="section-6">2024-06-08</h2>
 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-7">2024-05-30</h2>
+<h2 id="section-8">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>
@@ -577,7 +583,7 @@ <h2 id="section-7">2024-05-30</h2>
 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-8">2024-04-30</h2>
+<h2 id="section-9">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
@@ -599,7 +605,7 @@ <h2 id="section-8">2024-04-30</h2>
 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-9">2024-04-20</h2>
+<h2 id="section-10">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.
@@ -617,10 +623,10 @@ <h2 id="section-9">2024-04-20</h2>
 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-10">2024-02-29</h2>
+<h2 id="section-11">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-11">2023-05-22</h2>
+<h2 id="section-12">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
@@ -676,7 +682,7 @@ <h2 id="section-11">2023-05-22</h2>
 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-12">2023-01-30</h2>
+<h2 id="section-13">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
@@ -688,7 +694,7 @@ <h2 id="section-12">2023-01-30</h2>
 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-13">2022-12-18</h2>
+<h2 id="section-14">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>
@@ -706,7 +712,7 @@ <h2 id="section-13">2022-12-18</h2>
 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-14">2022-11-29</h2>
+<h2 id="section-15">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>
@@ -741,7 +747,7 @@ <h2 id="section-14">2022-11-29</h2>
 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-15">2022-11-19</h2>
+<h2 id="section-16">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,
@@ -753,13 +759,13 @@ <h2 id="section-15">2022-11-19</h2>
 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-16">2022-01-15</h2>
+<h2 id="section-17">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-17">2021-12-27</h2>
+<h2 id="section-18">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
@@ -768,7 +774,7 @@ <h2 id="section-17">2021-12-27</h2>
 Sorry for the delay, but we think you will appreciate the re-tooling
 when it is completed.
 Stay tuned!</p>
-<h2 id="section-18">2021-10-21</h2>
+<h2 id="section-19">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

@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ for more information on Mastodon.
 </div>
 
 
+## 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)!
+
+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](https://www.ioccc.org/next/register.html) will receive email with their username and initial password to [submit their code](https://submit.ioccc.org).
+
+We encourage those who wish to enter the **IOCCC28** to [registered for IOCCC28](https://www.ioccc.org/next/register.html) today.
+
+Consider joining the IOCCC discord community via this link: [https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw](https://discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw)
+
+
 ## 2025-02-12
 
 We have discovered an issue that needs to be resolved, followed by more testing

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-    <lastmod>2025-02-13T00:39:25+00:00</lastmod>
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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;,
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