[Poll] Would you stop using hpack (or even stack) if Cabal automatically exposed modules but allowed hiding them?

Edit: There is [a potential solution that could be implemented] (https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/7016#issuecomment-683446543) but sentiment seems to be it's a bad idea I think? At least one cabal dev said would be interesting to see at least but thinks you'll see it's a horrible idea while implementing, just see their comment here so I don't misquote

Edit: A user asked to add another poll option "It would be an improvement, but I already use cabal" but reddit does not allow modifying polls. If this is your choice please just upvote their comment. My apologies for missing that one!

I've seen this quite a few times over the years and recently saw Support automatic population of exposed-modules: #7016 was closed after some pretty good discussion.

I think the reasons against auto-exporting modules are good ones which are arguably technically correct, but end up missing the more important human piece:

Users are unhappy enough to:

1. Switch to stack completely away from cabal
2. Use hpack and it's yaml file format instead of cabal files
3. teach newcomers to avoid cabal entirely and instead use stack

I think that if this feature were added almost all users from point 2 would switch back to cabal. Point 3 might be mitigated because users would start giving Cabal a chance again, which I suspect is better for marketing Haskell in the long run since it's the blessed build system.

Point 1 would likely be affected as well, since the reasons for choosing stack could focus more on technical merits rather than cabal not working how people expect.

I'm making this a poll to try and get some grasp on how true this might be and see if there's anything further to explore.

I guess in the end my argument is:

If it seems like automatic population of exposed-modules could vastly increase the usabilty of cabal and the number of people using it, make the change for that reason whether it's the best solution technically or not.

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