Hi Christoph, All Automake release announcements since 2.13 warn about future Automake 2.0 incompatibilities.
I moved that noisy warning from the top of NEWS into a separate NEWS-2.0 file a couple of releases ago. At the beginning there is a meeting between you (maybe more people, I can take part, too) and the developers. Citing the FAQ: I see. Well, that's fine, but I won't have much to say beyond "chase open bugs". Many are system-specific. Others have had long discussions with no clear resolution possible (but I still left them open). Although it would be nice if we could say "these are the most important bugs to work on", I can't. Triaging the bug list is itself a time-consuming job that I can't take on. Does anyone else reading here have ideas, or would like to participate in such a meeting? Any other thoughts in general on this? Please share text improvements with me, once we decide to apply. Ack. Thanks, Karl