Let me rephrase what I said: This wishlist item properly belongs in 90x11-common_ssh-agent; it has yet to be implemented.
That GNOME discussion from six years ago is not relevant here. Fedora may be doing something like what is described in that thread, but Debian/Ubuntu are not.
If Debian/Ubuntu are proposing to change the way that the agent is handled that would obviate the need for this wishlist item, then feel free to mention it. If you are a maintainer of Ubuntu's OpenSSH packages and would like to discuss the merits of this approach, then by all means do so. It is inappropriate, however, for you as a Bug Control member to change the status of a wishlist item to WONTFIX unless you are also an Ubuntu developer and you have a reason not to implement the item. (You may want to review https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status)
Christopher,
Let me rephrase what I said: This wishlist item properly belongs in 90x11-common_ ssh-agent; it has yet to be implemented.
That GNOME discussion from six years ago is not relevant here. Fedora may be doing something like what is described in that thread, but Debian/Ubuntu are not.
If Debian/Ubuntu are proposing to change the way that the agent is handled that would obviate the need for this wishlist item, then feel free to mention it. If you are a maintainer of Ubuntu's OpenSSH packages and would like to discuss the merits of this approach, then by all means do so. It is inappropriate, however, for you as a Bug Control member to change the status of a wishlist item to WONTFIX unless you are also an Ubuntu developer and you have a reason not to implement the item. (You may want to review https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Bugs/ Status)
Please revert the status of this bug to NEW.