As an Administrator I'd like to see if my software is out of date

[parndt]

I should be able to see whether any of my extensions or whether ABC itself needs to be updated.

[GeekOnCoffee]

Do you simply want to compare against rubygems.org or github? Otherwise you need a centralized service to give status information.

[robyurkowski]

I was thinking that each extension would specify a JSON manifest location a la Chrome, but I think maybe a check against a centralized server isn't necessarily a bad idea, especially if the new website tracks and lists engines.

[knewter]

So in ansuz we did something sort of like this. We had a 'plugin registry' (which was itself an ansuz plugin). It specified a git repo, and it would actually pull in the plugin and restart in place. It was an awful idea but this was pre-Gemfile so don't judge me bro.

I would definitely think having a plugin registry would be a Good Thing. How does the new jquery one work exactly? Something like an open source project where people send PRs to add their project? I don't really know, but I know I've Heard Good Things.