Hi Jeff! I'm sure it was a Herculean effort... but I thought some people agreed package-level templates were actually A Good Thing, as long as they were kept simple (ie, source the master and maybe set the title and context_bar properties).
I understand that I maybe speaking up a bit late, and that my suggestion may be ignored as a consequence. But I really think they're important for package-level customizations and all the reasons mentioned above.
Thanks for listening...