Description

Paramiko, as of this ticket, has a 1.7.6 release that fixes the big SSHException problem that cropped up in 1.7.5 (which has caused us to vendorize a copy of 1.7.4.)

While we don't have time to test it before pushing out 0.9, we may want to move back to the external dependency, listing e.g. Paramiko ==1.7.4,>=1.7.6 for future Fabric releases.

A good test would be to submit patches for e.g. #85 or other Paramiko level problems (there's at least one more that was bugging me) and see whether Robey is able to slot it in fast enough for my tastes. Never going to slam someone for being busy, but if he's ALWAYS super busy and unable to even give an ETA for releases like for the 1.7.5 fiasco, we may wish to continue using and patching our internal version of Paramiko. I believe the LGPL would allow for this.

Originally submitted by Jeff Forcier (bitprophet) on 2009-11-08 at 10:39am EST

Relations

• Related to Slow disconnects at end of session #158: Slow disconnects at end of session
• Related to Prompts for "passphrase" instead of "password" in some situations #85: Prompts for "passphrase" instead of "password" in some situations
• Related to Prepare for packaging on PyPI, etc #67: Prepare for packaging on PyPI, etc
• Related to PyCrypto >=2.1 has issues with pip #228: PyCrypto >=2.1 has issues with pip

Closed as Done on 2010-09-05 at 11:11pm EDT