I would like to add a framework to our build system to be able to properly track how and when make includes and runs our makefiles. This will both enable easier debugging in case of failures, and make us able to track the time spent parsing each individual makefile. That way we can get a performance measurement to see if any specific makefile is responsible to the large make parsing times.

As a side effect, we can also replace a lot of required "red tape" and replace it with a standardized header/footer.