Hi Roman,
[I'll simply fork] packages whenever I think it's the optimal option for me and my users.
for what it's worth, I totally agree with your policy. When a package doesn't work the way you want it to, then fork and change it so that it does! That's is the whole point of free software [1], and Github is proof that this approach can be very successful.
I will continue to maintain my fork, as I don't want this situation to repeat in the future.
That doesn't make much sense to me, though. You've got what you wanted: the patch you needed has been applied! So what's the point of maintaining a public fork on Hackage? It's your right to do that, of course, but it does appear a little irrational. Just my 2 cents, Peter [1] "Free" as in speech, not free beer.