When looking for patches I came across some on openSUSE. They seem to use Avahi directly. Would that help not to cause issues with the release policy? These might be completely off-base but might be of some help.
https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=cups-backend- dnssd&project=openSUSE%3AFactory%3AContrib Specifically cups-avahi.patch cups-backend-dnssd.changes cups-backend-dnssd.spec -- CUPS DNS-SD (Bonjour/mDNS/Zeroconf/Avahi) not broadcasting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465916 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs