Another point I would like to make is that unless I'm mistaken, even if text is accepted into the platform, that doesn't mean that maintainership of the library is assigned to libraries@haskell.org: it stays with Bryan. Given that he's repeatedly stated that the API is the way that it is because that's the way he *wants* it to be, and he has a plausible rationale for this, this entire discussion is MOOT and we should immediately stop wasting time and move to a vote on accepting text as-is.
To me, this sounds very reasonable. For me consistency within one package is much more important than striving for ultimate consistency within the hp. And I absolutely agree with the point, that the author of a library is in charge to ensure that consistency. Just my two cents. Cheers, Simon