I think it has as much to do with standardization as ease of use. This way, if there are multiple experts, they don't each do it their own way. Plus, it gives

I think it has as much to do with standardization as ease of use. This way, if there are multiple experts, they don't each do it their own way. Plus, it gives a degree of reliability to those using the packages, which is something you can't necessarily count on in Haskell right now.