Hello Automake folks, The last Automake release was not that long ago (December 2013), but Stefano (Lattarini) has mentioned that his time for Automake has become extremely limited; likewise with the other two current maintainers, Ralf Wildenhues and Jim Meyering.
So we're hoping that some experienced Automake person would like to come forward and become the new active maintainer -- dealing with bug reports, pushing new releases, and so on. (I say "experienced" because Automake is not the place for a new developer to start learning.) The present need is not to rewrite Automake into some new-generation thing, or otherwise undertake intensive new development. Rather, just continue to keep the existing package in a good shape. Of course, new work is welcome, but as everyone here surely now, compatibility must be an overriding concern when it comes to Automake. There is some general information about maintaining GNU packages at http://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html#whatmeans -- written in the context of a new package being offered to GNU, but most of it is relevant to anyone interested in maintaining a package. If you're interested, please write maintain...@gnu.org, and thanks. Karl
