now instead of 2ยข. (My chief concern is how it affects newcomers to Haskell, which is admittedly a different concern than others have expressed. It may be worth noting that my concern was addressed by suggesting newcomers use the `haskell2010` package... which is now defunct, due to fallout from the AMP.)
The haskell2010 package has always been unusable. Initially haskell98 reexposed a subset of base, and they worked together. Then some of the modules were cloned and tweaked, and any time I put them in the same package it all went terribly wrong. I also have concerns about beginners, but it's clear everyone has radically different opinions about what is good or bad for beginners. I raised my concerns as soon as I found out about the changes (October 2014), argued my case, made a few blog posts, but seemingly lost. At that point, much like Simon Marlow, I decided to live with it. I have a feeling we might rehash the same discussion every time a new larger set of people find out about the changes, especially as those people are less likely to be connected to the cutting edge of libraries development. Thanks, Neil