Hello, For posteriority and vanity's sake: I did indeed write a script for the transition period from long to short Bonjour names as advertised by CUPS[0].
It turned out surprisingly effective and stable, so I decided to keep the script around instead of just throwing it away. Perhaps somebody finds it a useful starting point for the same or a similar problem. The thing's called Bonjour Aliases and was in productive use for the last three months at the aforementioned research institute. I put the code up on Github: https://github.com/hfuchs/bonjour_aliases The thing is written in Python and needs one additional module called pybonjour[1] which is not (yet) in the Debian repository. This excellently documented library is essentially doing the heavy lifting. I provide a fleshed-out README and a run-script for use with 'daemontools' or 'runit'. So, for me, the problem is solved and this bugreport may be closed. Thanks! -Hagen [0] Now don't you go round changing it back again! :) [1] https://code.google.com/p/pybonjour/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org