diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 554357be..a2e47dcd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 - nearest neighbour goes back to round down ... round to nearest caused a
   range of annoying problems, such as strange half-pixels along edges
 - vips_max() / _min() track the top n maxima / minima
+- deprecate im_maxpos_avg(): too specialised to be worth maintaining
 
 14/11/12 started 7.30.6
 - capture tiff warnings earlier
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index ec0a0488..b437e9f2 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
+- try
+
+	$ vips max test.v --x-array 10
+	(vips:28662): VIPS-WARNING **: object.c:1073: 
+		VipsMax.x-array attempt to read
+		unset VipsArrayInt property
+	Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
+
+  mysterious
+
+- im_cross_phase.c, im_linreg.c, im_point_bilinear.c need deprecating?
+
 - add vips_band()/vips_bor()
 
-
-
 - now we've removed round-to-nearest from NN, we need something extra in the
   affine transform to displace the input cods