[GHC] #11370: Redundant superclass warnings being included in -Wall destroys the "3 Release Policy"

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#11370: Redundant superclass warnings being included in -Wall destroys the "3
Release Policy"
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        Reporter:  ekmett            |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  highest           |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  7.10.3
  checker)                           |
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Incorrect         |  Unknown/Multiple
  warning at compile-time            |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #11369, #11429    |  Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by nomeata):

 > If you write any class that only supplies a law then it will always
 appear to be a "redundant constraint".

 One (not necessarily me) could argue that in a language where laws are
 just convention, one should not use superclasses to document such a
 convention. It is a bit similar to annotating functions with an unused
 argument of some type `Deprecated` instead of documenting that with a
 pragma or in the documentation. But OTOH, that would work by matching it
 with `_`.

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