From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2007-08-16T11:23:17+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] rubyhitsquad's vlad 1.0.0 Released

On Aug 15, 2007, at 14:29, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> Ryan Davis wrote:
>> * Uses ssh with your ssh settings already in place.
>> * Uses rsync for efficient transfers.
>
> Since you're using the external ssh program, you might consider  
> using the -S option in ssh. It lets you pay the setup cost  
> (authentication, tcp connect) once per host, rather than once per  
> ssh or rsync invocation. Makes a big difference with slow networks  
> or many invocations.

We're letting people set this per-host with their ~/.ssh/ssh_config.

Unfortunately some programs (subversion) don't work reliably with the  
ControlMaster setting enabled.

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