// FIXME: ensure no password prompt.
        // FIXME: connection timeouts

struct MaintainCount
{
    counter & c;
    MaintainCount(counter & c) : c(c) { c++; }
    ~MaintainCount() { c--; }
};

    counter nrActiveSteps{0};

    MaintainCount mc(nrActiveSteps);

    printMsg(lvlError, format("%1% active build steps") % nrActiveSteps);