2016-02-16 10:49 GMT+01:00 Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>:

[...] To this end I recommend the following,

* Someone propose a consistent vocabulary for warning flag names

* We keep -fwarn- flags as they are currently

* We keep the inconsistently named -W flags corresponding to these
-fwarn- flags

* We add consistently named -W flags alongside these

* We set a timeline for deprecating the inconsistent flags

This plan looks perfect.

Sven, perhaps you would like to pick up this task?

Alas, I don't have many spare development cycles at the moment, especially given the relatively tight timeline for 8.0.1. I have just enough time to grumble about some GHC details on this list. ;-) More seriously, after Herbert's option survey my proposal is quite short:

* Use "sigs" or "signatures" consistently (doesn't really matter which one)

* Use "pattern-synonyms", not "pat-syn"