[Qt-creator] Remote linux debugging requires SSH (any reason?)

[Andrzej Telszewski]

On 18/12/17 17:13, Christian Kandeler wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 08:51:43 -0500
> Adam Treat <adam.treat at qt.io> wrote:
> 
>> Remote linux debugging and QNX debugging require an SSH connection.
> 
> SSH is our interface to connect to a device for the purpose of deploying files and starting applications. In the case of debugging, the started application is gdbserver.
> 
>> Any reason we don't support telnet
> 
> There has been no use case.
> 

And most probably nobody bothered, because SSH provides far better 
integration than telnet.

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Best regards,
Andrzej Telszewski