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Hi,
I mantain a couple of PKGBUILDs and I was wandering if there is a (simple) way to automatically check for upstream updates.
P.S.: Happy new year. ^^
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Subscribe to the mailing lists for each project.
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Unfortunately there is no universal way to do this, it would be really nice if there was. Mailing lists are good as tomk mentions, but RSS feeds can be better if the projects have them. The kernel for instance has a really nice RSS feed that will notify you of updates.
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Thank you. I actually thought about RSS feeds, but I was looking for a more general approach. Will fall back to them when available, then.
While poking around I found this firefox extension which could be useful, but I haven't looked into it yet.
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I use RSS or an announcement mailing list provided by the upstream project. If there is neither I use my simple w3watch script to get notified on changes on certain web/ftp sites: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=36918
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freshmeat will notify by email of new releases, if you set it up. Of course, it requires that someone update freshmeat.
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Hi,
have you tried this one?
http://jue.li/crux/ck4up/
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A more general firefox plugin that I used to use is 'update scanner'.
Subscribing to the mailing list is better though, since not all projects regularly update a website (or have a separate website for such announcements).
Allan-Volunteer on the (topic being discussed) mailn lists. You never get the people who matters attention on the forums.
jasonwryan-Installing Arch is a measure of your literacy. Maintaining Arch is a measure of your diligence. Contributing to Arch is a measure of your competence.
Griemak-Bleeding edge, not bleeding flat. Edge denotes falls will occur from time to time. Bring your own parachute.
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i am using diffbot.com to track changes. for every page you subscribe, you can choose between mail or rss. it's quite handy.
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If the project is hosted on jithub.com you can follow the evolution of the software easily.
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