Re: rssh.el interactions with ange-ftp/efs

RS> Why propose so much effort just to use an alternative to ftp? RS> ftp seems to work; what benefit would we have from the option RS> to use another alternative? 1. Ftp *doesn't* work for many people, especially those concerned with security. I, for one, don't want my password to be sniffed (as it happened once when I was using ftp to maintain packages at gnu.org 2. There is a need to support other protocols. 3. The fact that // means something else in emacs is not a good argument. First, there are ways around it (perhaps, :// should be a special case). Second, the effects of bad decisions made in the past should not be perpetuated.