Has it been a year already? Google has just announced the 2012 Summer of Code program, and we'd like to participate again. I think last year was particularly successful. We reviewed and accepted two new libraries and moved several more into a state where they can be reviewed. This year should be interesting. We have a new C++ programming language, several libraries in the standard, and we want more. Many, many more. If you didn't get a chance to watch Herb Sutter's keynote talk at GoingNative 2012, you should. It will be available on-demand from this site some time in the next few days. http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012 [Spoiler alert] Herb wants libraries -- and not just tools for programmers. C++ wants UI libraries, graphics, database connectivity, cryptography, XML, network protocols, SMS support, back office support, etc. I would love to see some of these libraries developed through Boost. In C++11. Bjarne Stroustrup said he hadn't seen this much energy around C++ in a decade. People are excited to be writing C++11 -- and they're younger people for the first time in a long time. We should be capitalizing on this. If you have library ideas, please email me here: andrew.n.sutton -at- gmail.com. I will collect these and put them on the idea page. Some comments for mentors: I'm not concerned with summer-long time constraints this year. I'd really like to establish long-term relationships with our students. I'm not strictly concerned with backwards compatibility support. I think we should be encouraging students (and people in general) to write in C++. Hiding new language features behind compatibility macros isn't exciting. It might be fine for when time comes for releases, but let's not require students to build release-ready software. This year, I'd like to see proposals for *new* libraries to be written in C++11. Andrew