Re: Metaproblem, part 3

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Eric Abrahamsen writes:

 > It would be nice to explicitly let posters know that they can ask
 > someone for help with implementing a feature/squashing a
 > bug. There's lots of helpful advice here and on emacs.help, but
 > that's not quite the same as knowing that someone has committed (to
 > some extent) to assisting you.

I see worries about "hostile" environment, and suggestions for making
things more welcoming to new contributors.  I have to ask, what do all
you folks who are suggesting Emacs change its procedures think is in
it for the mentors and core developers?