Account Name Transition - Best Practices

Hey all.
I am about to upgrade my dual proc G5 from 10.4 to 10.5. I have a legacy account which I wish to change the login for, short name, as I've moved our home systems to a new (better, I hope!) naming convention. My plan for the upgrade is an "Erase and Install" followed by transfer of my old install data via the Setup Assistant (I have several bootable Carbon Copy Clones of the my original drive).
However, it strikes me that this is an excellent time to change my login, short name. The question becomes, what's the best practice for doing so?
I've been reading about DanKrakes "ChangeShortName" script which doesn't yet work under 10.5 (Leopard). But then there's the idea of just making a new user on my fresh install of 10.5 and moving my old home directory into the new user space. Problem with that is that the UID probably won't be the same.
Fortunately, I don't do that much complex. My keychain is pretty empty and the most "linked" item I know of is probably my Palm stuff (Palm desktop upgraded to The Missing Sync) and my iTunes (no purchases, just a lot of media).
My thinking is this:
1.) On my 10.4 install, run the "ChangeShortName" script and change the short name.
2.) Do a fresh back up of home directory and do two more clones of my 10.4 install.
3.) Run the "Erase and Install" from the 10.5 DVD and then do the transfer of files via the Setup Assistant.
Does that seem to make sense? Any "gotchas" to look out for? Anything I'm forgetting?
thxs much in advance!
cp root
POST: Hope this is a good place to post this note. Sorta crosses a few boundaries so please let me know if this is not the case!

Sounds like a good plan. For details on the various install options,
see:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5757385
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5666369
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5646414
I used E&I and migrated.

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