More ideas; wrote some

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+++ b/TODO
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ For CONFIG_HEADER,
   generate automatic dependencies for the object files.
   automatically add its input file to the distribution.
 
-For dist files, check all of the common ones and add them to the
-distribution if they exist: NEWS, COPYING, INSTALL, ChangeLog, etc.
-
 Deal with optional object files and programs (@foo@) better.
+       [Presently this is handled using ALLPROGRAMS, decidedly hacky]
 Ditto for programs that are scripts.
 Right now it's just kludgy workarounds.
 
@@ -22,6 +20,7 @@ Get the list of Makefiles to create from configure.in AC_OUTPUT
 if none are given.
 
 Should libexec programs have the name transform done on them?
+       [No]
 
 Order the output rules sensibly, so FOO_SOURCES and FOO_OBJECTS are
 together and rules are in the usual order.
@@ -30,3 +29,6 @@ Make the output minimal: only output definitions for variables that
 are used.
 
 Rewrite in Perl.  Look at dist's jmake for ideas.
+
+Should handle directory hierarchies deeper than 2.  Right now there is
+no support for this at all.