Ask HN: A website that lists the current version numbers of software?

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I'd like to be notified when, say, a new version of nginx or MongoDB is released without having to check their websites every few days.<p>Does such a centralized service exist?

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It shouldn't be that hard to make one. Poll HTML every N hours and et voila.

Well, that's the cheap way.

why do you need to be on the latest?

If you just want the latest source, why not cron a VCS pull every morning

I just want to see what's happening. In the case of nginx, I'd like to be notified when SPDY is mainlined.