Ask HN: What's the best way to stay up to date with software dependency updates?

4 points by eventemitter 11 years ago | 3 comments

I'm developing software that consumes third party APIs (AWS, mailchimp, shopify, google maps, etc.) and makes use of many open source applications & libraries. Every API provider and some of the applications / libraries provide blogs or twitter accounts where they post news regarding their software. It's difficult to stay up to date and never miss an important update.

Is there a better way to get the latest news about those updates?

danieljscott 11 years ago |

https://www.artifact-listener.org/

For java/maven projects. Not really news, but keeps you informed about updates.

xamde 11 years ago |

https://www.versioneye.com

clyfe 11 years ago |

Use something like Bundler, Maven, Pip, npm, sbt. For example bundler has the `$> bundler outdated` command that shows dependencies that have new versions.