salt-ssh doesn't support returners

[kt97679]

In the issue #27889 I was advised to use returners. Unfortunately I can't, because salt-ssh doesn't support them:

(salt-develop)root@iad-salt-master-prod-001:~# salt-ssh --version
salt-ssh 2015.8.0-454-g63c3cd3 (Beryllium)
(salt-develop)root@iad-salt-master-prod-001:~# salt-ssh '*' test.ping --return test-returner
Usage: salt-ssh [options]

salt-ssh: error: no such option: --return
(salt-develop)root@iad-salt-master-prod-001:~# 

[jfindlay]

@kt97679, thanks for filing the issue. I was not aware of this, but we should definitely support it.

[kt97679]

Thanks @jfindlay ! Do you have any ETA for this fix? Having this functionality would significantly simplify my life and if you would have it in develop branch in a month or so I would rather wait for you instead of implementing my own clumsy hacks.

[jfindlay]

@kt97679, I am not sure when this will get implemented. Our feature/bug backlog is quite long right now and we don't currently have the resources to work on everything in the near future. More community involvement is definitely welcome though. :-)

[kt97679]

Thanks for clarification @jfindlay

[s3rj1k]

Hi, this feature is greatly needed, still no ETA on implementation?

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[s3rj1k]

Ping, still no returners