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

Posted by eventemitter on Thursday October 16, 2014 @07:28AM
from the ask-hn dept.

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?

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to stay up to date with softw... by danieljscott on Thursday October 16, 2014 @07:18PM (#8468477)

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

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

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to stay up to date with softw... by xamde on Thursday October 16, 2014 @04:51PM (#8467631)

https://www.versioneye.com

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to stay up to date with softw... by clyfe on Thursday October 16, 2014 @03:25PM (#8467000)

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 bundler outdated` command that shows dependencies that have new versions.

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