[libvirt] [PATCH v5 0/7] New libssh transport

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Wed, 2016-11-09 at 15:28 +0100, Pino Toscano wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this series introduces a new libssh transport in libvirt, based on the
> libssh C library.  This library supports what libssh2 does, and more:
> - easier API for known_hosts handling (there's a ticket upstream to
>   request extensions for it, but what is implemented now works well)
> - potential GSSAPI authentication (not enabled yet because of a libssh
>   bug [1])
> - easier API for ssh-agent support
> 
> The implementation for the new transport is based on the libssh2 one,
> hence it shares origin and style.
> 
> [1] https://red.libssh.org/issues/242
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Changes from v4 to v5:
> - fixed EOF on unavailable libvirtd on remote
> - fixed variable for an error message
> 
> Changes from v3 to v4:
> - integrate most of the issues spotted by Peter Krempa
> - add patch #3
> - minor naming changes
> 
> Changes from v2 to v3:
> - split into more commits
> - integrate all the issues spotted by Daniel P. Berrange and
>   Peter Krempa
> - restore the specified order of authentication methods (as in
> libssh2)
> - add a related documentation fix
> - minor coding fixes
> 
> Changes from v1 to v2:
> - implemented keyboard interactive
> - code polish, and fixes
> 
> 
> Pino Toscano (7):
>   virNetSocket: allow to not close FD
>   virerror: add error for libssh transport
>   virnetsocket: improve search for default SSH key
>   libssh_transport: add new libssh-based transport
>   remote: expose a new libssh transport
>   spec: enable libssh transport on Fedora
>   docs: fix default value for sshauth option of libssh2/libssh

Would you mind providing a NEWS file entry for this new
feature?

Thanks! :)

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Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization