Bug#1011292: openssh-client: scp -O should be doable with a configuration file entry (in ~/.ssh/config)

Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:9.0p1-1+b1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]

dput and dput-ng are using "scp" and don't offer any simple way to
configure command line parameters and the switch to "sftp-behind-the-back"
broke dput for me with some targets (cf #1011063).

I would have liked to be able to add something like this in ~/.ssh/config:

Host deb.freexian.com
    UseLegacyScp true

And be done with it. But there's no such option. It would be nice if
upstream could implement this.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
  APT prefers stable-security
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'oldoldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.17.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages openssh-client depends on:
ii  adduser           3.121
ii  dpkg              1.21.7
ii  libc6             2.33-7
ii  libedit2          3.1-20210910-1
ii  libfido2-1        1.11.0-1+b1
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2  1.19.2-2+b2
ii  libselinux1       3.3-1+b2
ii  libssl3           3.0.3-4
ii  passwd            1:4.11.1+dfsg1-2
ii  zlib1g            1:1.2.11.dfsg-4

Versions of packages openssh-client recommends:
ii  xauth  1:1.1.1-1

Versions of packages openssh-client suggests:
pn  keychain                         <none>
pn  libpam-ssh                       <none>
pn  monkeysphere                     <none>
ii  ssh-askpass-gnome [ssh-askpass]  1:9.0p1-1+b1

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