Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

[Harlan Stenn]

For Autotools:

Demonstrate that automake can be used to produce a non-recursive
Makefile implementation for nontrivial projects.  Document how to do
this in the Automake manual.  Consider how to handle "nested" packages.
Support building any normal automake target while in an arbitrary
subdirectory of the package.

Harlan Stenn of The NTP Project volunteers to co-mentor this, assuming
https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/GSoCProjectIdeas#Convert_the_distribution_from_a
would be the proof-of-concept for this project.