diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 37f1d3eb..8d1f23b4 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,41 +1,27 @@
-- try:
-
-$ vips list classes | grep -i open
-** DEBUG_FATAL
-	VipsFormatExr (exr), OpenEXR, (.exr) is_a load get_flags 
-	VipsFormatOpenslide (im_openslide), Openslide, (.svs, .vms, .vmu, .ndpi, .mrxs, .tif) is_a load get_flags 
-	VipsForeignLoadOpenexr (openexrload), load an OpenEXR image (.exr), priority=0, is_a, get_flags, get_flags_filename, header, load
-
-	im_exr2vips (im_exr2vips), convert an OpenEXR file to VIPS, from package "format"
-	im_binfile (im_binfile), open a headerless binary file, from package "iofuncs"
-
-  why the im_ in "VipsFormatOpenslide (im_openslide)"?
-
-  we configured without openslide, why is it there at all?
-
-  test with openslide available
-
-
 - try
 
 	vips im_extract_bands /tmp/input.tiff /tmp/out.tif 0 3
 
   with a huhuhuhge image, hits 4gb and sits there, no error?
 
-
-
-
-
 - test "rs" mode
 
   can't see the code for "rd" mode?
 
   or "rw" mode either?
 
-
 - update "how it works" to note we are now fully-functional ... there's
   vips_image_write() now to create a sink
 
+  maybe wait until vips8 is done
+
+- does the libvips in bullet-points list need updating?
+
+- run the nip2 checks again
+
+
+
+
 blocking bugs
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