A classic reminder of past failures, bonefiles would be a nice addition to the game. There already are "remains of adventurers" scattered on some dungeon levels, why not make it the PC's? Probably too complicated, but potentially fun: exchanging the bonefiles on some server, so you could find the remains of other players' characters!
I like it, but probably shouldn't be a auto-sync thing because that could quickly see you walking through levels of nothing but bones. Might not work though because every run is unique. You dying in a corner on floor 6 may not be compatible with a floor 6 that has mostly corridors in the new version.
I didn't take it to mean that he meant to spawn the bones where you died, but more that your corpse could be seen instead of, or perhaps in addition to the currently hardcoded skeletons/graves.
Yes, and not necessarily every dead character, every time. Keep the current frequency of skeletons and graves, but replace the items and name for a PC that died in that level (if there are any).