Bug#594295: openssh-client: Please either support or ignore ControlPersist in stable, for compatibility

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:5.5p1-5
Severity: wishlist

Thank you for packaging 5.6, and thanks to upstream for the awesome
ControlPersist support.

I use the same home directory across many systems, some running stable,
and some running unstable.  This means I can't use any option in
~/.ssh/config that stable's ssh does not support, because that would
break compatibility with the systems that run stable.  Given the usual
lifetime of a Debian stable release, it would help greatly if stable's
ssh would either support ControlPersist, or at a minimum ignore it for
compatibility.

Thank you,
Josh Triplett