Generalize forever to Applicative

This was proposed a month ago (https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2015-May/025711.html), and all the responses were positive.

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Version	7.10.1
Type	FeatureRequest
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	libraries/base
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CC	ekmett, hvr
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added Tfeature request Trac import core libraries labels

Attached file 0001-Generalize-forever-to-Applicative-10573.patch (download).

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Differential revisions	→ D1045

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Resolution	Unresolved → ResolvedFixed

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