Dear Boost, Pre-warning, this is my first time actively engaging in the mailing list - I primarily stick to the archives - so excuse me for anything non-conformat. I'm a student looking to forward a proposal regarding further development of Boost.GIL. Namely: - Cleaning up some bugs / oversights within the current review branch (lack of colour-conversion profiles for certain formats, uninitialized values resulting in UB for BMP palette alpha channels, etc.) - Fulfilling additional features and clean-up, as requested during the formal review (2010) http://lists.boost.org/boost-announce/2011/01/0281.php - Looking into further development of the io_factory proposal for run-time file format detection (http://stlab.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/GIL_File_Format_Import/Export_Factory ,POC implementation https://github.com/stlab/adobe_platform_libraries/tree/master/adobe/gil/exte nsion/asl_io) I use Boost.GIL extensively within my projects, so I've had a reasonable amount of time to get accustomed to the code-base and believe this will help me achieve these goals. I understand that the project has been undergoing a period of inactivity, so I'm not sure whether this proposal would find a suitable mentor, or if it will be of interest for a GSOC project. I hope to further discussion of this proposal prior to submitting anything formal, though I'm not fully aware of the procedures for independent submissions. Regards, Chris