Anthony Clayden
Chocolatey is an abhorence. Fortunately I've never had to use it; I don't know why GHC would inflict it on anybody.
Note that Chocolatey is just option for installing GHC. Our Chocolatey packaging is generously maintained by Tamar as a convenient way to bring up GHC on Windows. However, we certainly wouldn't rely on it exclusively. Users who don't want to use Chocolatey are encouraged to use the usual binary distributions [1], as in the past. I'd urge everyone to keep in mind that our Windows support exists almost entirely due to the efforts of Tamar; we all owe Tamar a debt of gratitude for all of the work he has done over the past years. We could certainly use more people who are able and willing to contribute resources to help improve GHC's Windows story.
Increasingly, GHC HQ is a cult/elite that doesn't want any new members.
To the contrary, we both want and need new contributors! I would ask anyone who feels that GHC development is exclusionary to please be in touch; I am very interested to know how we can improve. Cheers, - Ben [1] https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/8.10.1/