On 13/06/2014, at 14:23, Christian Pedaschus <open...@matt-schwarz.com> wrote: >>> One could have said the same about OpenSSH... or not? >> >> That doesn't even make any sense. > > What i was trying to say: > if OpenBSD does it right, then (maybe) the others will follow...
It would be totally ok if OpenSSH programs were all converted to longopts-only, and XML config files, right? After all, it won't take long to fix all your cron jobs/scripts/clusterssh/... That's approximately what you're suggesting folks do with the SSL libraries. John