The DJGPP project is still quite alive, with most GNU projects having up to date builds for DJGPP. Since the DJGPP project relies heavily on being able to build the GNU projects, dropping support in Automake means that any project updating their Automake scripts will be forced to drop DJGPP support, whether the project desires that or not.
If such a trend continues, the Automake team will have effectively killed off the whole DJGPP project single-handedly. Is there any particular reason why support might be dropped? DJ