Re: [PATCH] [Issue 1942] svn+ssh should use the port value

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Kamesh Jayachandran wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> Thanks for your comments.
> Have corrected the patch to take care of the case projected by you.
>
> This -p solution is only for 'ssh (openssh)' client which we assume by
> default in absence of ssh tunnel definition.
> This fix is not available if the user has custom 'ssh' tunnel defintions.

Sorry, but I really must vote -1 on this:
Making the built-in default behaviour subtly different from anything
that it is possible to define in the config file is an invitation for
extreme confusion.

I think it is an absolute requirement that any method we invent for this
be definable in the config file, so that it can be re-used for tunnel
agents with arbitrary syntax for passing port values.

For completeness, I should also mention that:

(1) people also ask from time to time whether it is possible to specify
"-i identityfile" through an URL.

(2) We could simply tell people to configure their client appropriately
- - both openssh and putty can be configured to automatically use
alternate ports on a per-hostname basis.

Max.
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Received on Fri Feb 17 01:24:00 2006