Hi,

>
> Ultimately, this isn't a problem in the code, it's in the state of the 
> image. All you have to do is execute "MCMockPackageInfo initialize" 
> *before* running the tests, and everything works fine. Add it to 
> ReleaseBuilder so that the image will ship with a properly initialized 
> mocks package.
>

it seems this is the case. On Win 7 I get errors like the others did, 
regardless of setting author initials before or during the tests. If I 
run the above snippets before the tests I get:
3272 run, 3251 passes, 18 expected failures, 2 failures, 1 errors, 0 
unexpected passes,
the error in FileDirectoryTest>>testRelativeNameIfAbsoluteFor,
the failures in LocaleTest>>testLocaleChanged and 
ReleaseTest>>testNoObsoleteClasses.

I'm using this VM:
Croquet Closure Cog VM [CoInterpreter VMMaker.oscog-eem.234]
Win32 built on Dec 15 2012 13:17:01 Compiler: 3.4.4 (cygming special, 
gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)

I think there is a newer VM. Frank, have you decided on the release VM?

Cheers,

Herbert