sftp - still BORKED - in GIT?? kioslave ever fixed?

All, This has been a big issue in kde3/trinity for a couple of years now. sftp is broken in konqueror. IIRC, this is due to the sftp kioslave. I know we have raised and discussed this issue numerous time and as of 3/23/11, the plan was a complete re-write of the kioslave from scratch. (discussion on opensuse/kde3 list with Robert, Ilya and Serghei) Does anybody have a quick status on this issue? Basic Synopsis: In konqueror if you try: sftp://hostname/dir you get the error: An error occurred while loading sftp://nirvana.3111skyline.com Unknown error Error encountered while talking to ssh. However, if I open konsole and issue sftp from the command line - no problem: 20:28 valkyrie:~> sftp nirvana Connected to nirvana. sftp> Here is a screenshot of the konqueror error: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/sftp-error.jpg If this is still broken, then I think it needs to be listed as a blocker for R14. sftp is a incredibly secure and useful protocol that konqueror handled flawlessly in the past. Should be working again. The curious part is that fish continues to work. (i.e.: fish://nirvana/home/david works just fine...) What say the gurus? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.