1. Are there any guarantees somebody would actually implement these enhancements? What may prevent these funds from being spent on EMF enhancements if they get more votes?
I think it will be important to make that the working group operates open and transparent. Therefore, the whole funding and wishlist including voting will be visible. That allows to make a clear judgment on what impact specific funding will make.
2. What would be a timeframe before implementation starts? Would there be a committed delivery schedule?
I expect this to happen as part of the work item analysis and upon assignment of such items to the implementation partner.
3. How could such a general-purpose text editor avoid sharing the fate of
Bug 155323?
It's an important role of the working group steering committee to find solutions to such problems. I could imagine that if no project is willing to accept a feature such as a general purpose image viewer or text file editor, the work is brought in as a new project and made available as part of the release train and in the downloadable packages.
-Gunnar
