From 6d48018d11a2058213481fdfeed8887fccc31854 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Forcier Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:31:02 -0700 Subject: Add FAQ about nonstandard SSH implementations --- sites/www/faq.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'sites/www') diff --git a/sites/www/faq.rst b/sites/www/faq.rst index a7e80014..bf450f63 100644 --- a/sites/www/faq.rst +++ b/sites/www/faq.rst @@ -7,3 +7,20 @@ Which version should I use? I see multiple active releases. Please see :ref:`the installation docs ` which have an explicit section about this topic. + +Paramiko doesn't work with my Cisco, Windows or other non-Unix system! +====================================================================== + +In an ideal world, the developers would love to support every possible target +system. Unfortunately, volunteer development time and access to non-mainstream +platforms are limited, meaning that we can only fully support standard OpenSSH +implementations such as those found on the average Linux distribution (as well +as on Mac OS X and \*BSD.) + +Because of this, **we typically close bug reports for nonstandard SSH +implementations**. + +However, **closed does not imply locked** - affected users can still post +comments on such tickets - and **we will always consider actual patch +submissions for these issues**, provided they can get +1s from similarly +affected users and are proven to not break existing functionality. -- cgit v1.2.3