Saves much time and efforts You don't use it, otherwise you wouldn't have asked that question.
Clearly--but could you elaborate more as to why it's helpful? (Thomas is currently in #ethereditor having this conversation)
Uhh, I *am* developer for Etherpad Lite and have that running in many of my servers.
I have seen your patches, yes :)
It was more for the benefit of the others on the list who might be tired or frustrated with the old etherpad.wikimedia.org interface.