some pending patches

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Alexandre,

I know you have little or no time for Automake currently.  Would you
please speak up if you have any issue with me applying/approving some
of the patches that have been pending for a long while long now (e.g.,
patches by Eric, Paolo, Bernd, Charles, some of mine)? To make things
simple, I'll consider silence as approval.  If you rather prefer that I
make another list, I can do so as well.

Thanks,
Ralf