I'm afraid this is almost certainly never going to happen, because any such change risks breaking interoperability due to the rather nasty way scp works. There are other ways to get the version, e.g. from dpkg, although I realise they aren't quite as convenient. See:
http://www.openssh.org/faq.html#2.10 ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- scp miss --version option https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89947 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
