you are right, but i had a closer look to TSG problem, by remote controlling his computer, and i didn't get that "feeling" of hfs being stuck as he reported.
it just was not actually installing the template. but, yes, your problems may be the same.
at the end, we didn't get to a solution, but after i restarted HFS, it started working flawlessly, mysteriously.
can you please test 235 and see if it has the problem or not? it would be of great help.