During this period, work centered on enhancing build flexibility and deployment readiness for the aseprite/aseprite repository. The developer introduced a new build option in CMake, enabling the project to link against a shared TinyEXIF library, which allows downstream users to manage dependencies externally. Additionally, they addressed a critical configuration issue by correcting ZLIB_FOUND handling, ensuring reliable builds even when a shared ZLIB is not present. These changes, implemented using C++ and CMake, improved packaging options and reduced build-time friction, resulting in a more robust integration path for varied deployment environments and supporting smoother downstream adoption of the project.