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The current library used for ssh (SharpSSH) is a poorly ported version of a Java SSH library.

• Generics are nonexistent ((SftpSession)channel.getSession("sftp") is a big no-no)
• The library mirrors the Java namespace hierarchy with aliases to native types (using java.lang.String = String)
• Error messages are indecipherable and use error codes in exceptions to convey information.

It would be nice to find a replacement that can use both SSH and SFTP that has a sane implementation.

There is no reason (except perhaps modifying the local machine) why tasks cannot be performed in parallel on all hosts.

There should be an option to start a parallel deployment in separate threads (processes?) to speed up deployment.

Conceptually similar to the "Depends" attribute, only it doesn't drag tasks into the execution plan if they're not already in there.

Sample use case:
You have one task that creates file A and a second that copies A to a remote server. When creating and deploying, the second task must always come after the first, but if for some reason you want to re-send A (say you accidentally deleted it on the remote server) but you know the local A still exists, there's no point in rebuilding it. There should be a way to say "run task two" and not have it pull in task one (even though it "depends" on it during normal execution).