It's certainly expected that if I install the avahi-daemon package that it would run and listen.
It's particularly annoying for upgrades. It's always the one manual fix I forget when doing a dapper-edgy update (that is, to turn avahi on). -- It would be sensitive and nice to have Avahi turned on by default https://launchpad.net/bugs/30582 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs