2009-11-09 23:38:32 UTC
Well, after carefully studying the underlying reasons of the apparent failure, the conclusion to which I have arrived is that the Alias feature is in a state we could technically define as "not done".
Don't despair. I have finished it (more or less, just a bit of alias support), but have no time to test and and deploy it, so you'll have to wait a day more or so).
Sorry about that, I seem to remember the feature came in a user patch, and it was never finished. I should be more careful of this things.
Good vibes.