This would be good for me since I don't have bandwidth for a full time job now but I want to work on something. I would need a way to acquire a lock on an issu

This would be good for me since I don't have bandwidth for a full time job now but I want to work on something. I would need a way to acquire a lock on an issue so nobody can swoop in and finish it right before I open my PR. Let me know if you want to go through with the idea.