Win32-OpenSSH update in Windows

[maertendMSFT]

Due to some unfortunate mix-ups internally, our check-in of Win32-OpenSSH 8.1 was not included in the 20H2 release. This was unexpected and we are actively following up to include this in a servicing release. We cannot provide an ETA at this time.

While we cannot officially support these releases, the latest versions of Win32-OpenSSH are available on our releases page (http://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases) and on Chocolatey (http://chocolatey.org/packages/openssh)

[pd93]

@maertendMSFT Thanks for clarifying this! I was extremely disappointed to see it excluded again, but it's good to see a proactive message informing us that something went wrong and that you're actively working to fix it!

One quick follow-up. My company only performs major updates to Windows versions every couple of years and I imagine a lot of others are in the same boat where they are finally seeing the latest OpenSSH in Windows, but won't have the chance to use it for quite some time. Is there any possibility of offering OpenSSH as a servicing release to previous versions of Windows too? For example, I'm currently running on Windows 10 1909 and will likely have to wait another year to move to something that includes the latest OpenSSH. That means another year of annoying bugs and workarounds (e.g. #1172, #1515).

[dragonwolf83]

@maertendMSFT the GitHub and Chocolatey releases haven't been updated in a year. They are from Dec 2019. When will the newer releases be published?

[mgkuhn]

Has Win32-OpenSSH 8.1 reached any Windows Insider builds yet (assuming this is a prior step for it to be released)?

[rgl]

Is there a roadmap for incorporating/following later versions of OpenSSH-portable? For example, openssh-portable is now at 8.4.

[GitMensch]

the GitHub and Chocolatey releases haven't been updated in a year. They are from Dec 2019. When will the newer releases be published?

See also PowerShell/openssh-portable#470

Is there a roadmap for incorporating/following later versions of OpenSSH-portable? For example, openssh-portable is now at 8.4.

See also PowerShell/openssh-portable#471