Revert "further work on getting ready to develop"

This reverts commit 8c40b71a12f37a9e3605297046d68e06ff367a4b.
Revert "better"

This reverts commit 558986fcd3528ef3f9d8c0557361997d7e8461c1.
Revert "initialization of the automake system"

This reverts commit 9afd0efdfac66f2f629db0fc82bccea888a6975d.