tool to detect new versions

[Robert Scheck]

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> Are you aware of tools to help maintainers (or users) to detect that 
> a new version of the software is out without clicking? For perl there is 
> http://perl.biggerontheinside.net/packages/list
> but in general is there something available? I remember having seen
> something in debian I don't remember if it is debian specific. I also
> remember flowing things on this list, but I couldn't find anything on
> google.

Well, this is IMHO a very loud call for %track from rpm5.org. Already
implemented there and IIRC in use by OpenPKG. But we like to re-invent
the wheel, don't we? :)


Greetings,
  Robert