Simon, If you read the thread you will see I already removed the
package local masters from almost all of the packages. I agree
that most packages should not have them and I edited about half of all the files in openacs-4 to remove them (which is some indication of
how important I think it is).
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What I disagree with is Jon's blanket statement that no packages should ever have local master templates. If
you have persistent page elements across the package and the alternative
is to reproduce those elements in all the seperate pages then a local
master is a good solution (as are template includes). Putting it in each page individually is a maintainence disaster.