I found a bunch of problems with Beta2
I wanted to make sure I can reload my custom skin before I install Beta3 and got this error message when trying to apply the skin.
I tracked this down to the control.xml file in the .pkg. It seems that when I created a new page called FEATURED I had enabled ALL of the Items then disabled them one at a time to see exactly what items were actually required for the screen to display. Even though the "basket" item is now unchecked, the item is still beeing reported in the .xml file.
The control.xml file contains these entrys.
Here are the items actually assigned.

Notice these entries are NOT assigned
:BASKET:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-basket.mvc,
:CUSTOMER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-customer.mvc,
:ORDER_CONTENTS:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-order_contents.mvc,
:ORDER_CUSTOMER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-order_customer.mvc
I then attempted to delete the page FEATURED then re-add it using the same code and got this error message.
Packing the store did not fix the problem.
I wanted to make sure I can reload my custom skin before I install Beta3 and got this error message when trying to apply the skin.
Failed to apply skin: Unable to find template named 'featured-basket.mvc'
The control.xml file contains these entrys.
<Page>
<Code>FEATURED</Code>
<Name>Store Front Featured</Name>
<Source>FEATURED-page.htm</Source>
<Settings>
<![CDATA[:AFFILIATE:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-affiliate.mvc,
:BASKET:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-basket.mvc,
:CUSTOMER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-customer.mvc,
:HDFT:FOOTER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-footer.mvc,
:HDFT:HEAD:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-head.mvc,
:HDFT:HEADER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-header.mvc,
:ORDER_CONTENTS:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-order_contents.mvc,
:ORDER_CUSTOMER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-order_customer.mvc,
:PRODUCT_ATTRIBUTES:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-product_attributes.mvc,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_CODE=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_DESC=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_NAME=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_PRICE=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_WEIGHT=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:IMAGE=F,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:INVMSG=L,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-product_display.mvc,
:PRODUCT_LIST:BUTTON_ADD=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:BUTTON_BUY=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:COL_NUM=2,
:PRODUCT_LIST:COL_SEL=D,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FIELD_CODE=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FIELD_DESC=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FIELD_NAME=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FIELD_PRICE=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FORMAT=X,
:PRODUCT_LIST:IMAGE=T,
:PRODUCT_LIST:INVMSG=L,
:PRODUCT_LIST:MODE=ctgy,
:PRODUCT_LIST:PAGINATE=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:PER_PAGE=10,
:PRODUCT_LIST:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-product_list.mvc,
:PRODUCT_LIST:WIDTH=90%25]]>
</Settings>
</Page>
<Code>FEATURED</Code>
<Name>Store Front Featured</Name>
<Source>FEATURED-page.htm</Source>
<Settings>
<![CDATA[:AFFILIATE:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-affiliate.mvc,
:BASKET:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-basket.mvc,
:CUSTOMER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-customer.mvc,
:HDFT:FOOTER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-footer.mvc,
:HDFT:HEAD:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-head.mvc,
:HDFT:HEADER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-header.mvc,
:ORDER_CONTENTS:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-order_contents.mvc,
:ORDER_CUSTOMER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-order_customer.mvc,
:PRODUCT_ATTRIBUTES:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-product_attributes.mvc,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_CODE=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_DESC=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_NAME=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_PRICE=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:FIELD_WEIGHT=1,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:IMAGE=F,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:INVMSG=L,
:PRODUCT_DISPLAY:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-product_display.mvc,
:PRODUCT_LIST:BUTTON_ADD=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:BUTTON_BUY=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:COL_NUM=2,
:PRODUCT_LIST:COL_SEL=D,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FIELD_CODE=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FIELD_DESC=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FIELD_NAME=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FIELD_PRICE=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:FORMAT=X,
:PRODUCT_LIST:IMAGE=T,
:PRODUCT_LIST:INVMSG=L,
:PRODUCT_LIST:MODE=ctgy,
:PRODUCT_LIST:PAGINATE=1,
:PRODUCT_LIST:PER_PAGE=10,
:PRODUCT_LIST:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-product_list.mvc,
:PRODUCT_LIST:WIDTH=90%25]]>
</Settings>
</Page>

Notice these entries are NOT assigned
:BASKET:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-basket.mvc,
:CUSTOMER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-customer.mvc,
:ORDER_CONTENTS:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-order_contents.mvc,
:ORDER_CUSTOMER:TEMPLATE_FILENAME=featured-order_customer.mvc
I then attempted to delete the page FEATURED then re-add it using the same code and got this error message.
Runtime error in /mm5/5.00/features/tui/tui_db.mvc @ [00000038:0000004c]: Line 1479: MvQUERY: mysql_execute: Duplicate entry 'featured.mvc' for key 2.
Error Code: MER-TUI-DTB-00055
Description: mysql_execute: Duplicate entry 'featured.mvc' for key 2
Error Code: MER-TUI-DTB-00055
Description: mysql_execute: Duplicate entry 'featured.mvc' for key 2
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