Hello, last year I reported a regression in automake: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=59288
It is hitting some of our new LibreOffice contributors quite hard. I am working for The Document Foundation as a mentor through my one-man company, so I thought it would make sense for me to pay an automake developer to fix the issue. Let me know privately, if you are interested.
Regards, Ilmari Lauhakangas