It is cumbersome to update different kinds of software one by one. In my case,
- For the Ubuntu Linux OS, I periodically do
apt-get updateandapt-get upgradeorapt-get dist-upgrade(this part can be automated). - For Ruby language, I have to do particular things to upgrade.
- For Ruby libraries (gem), I have to periodically do
gem updateorgem update --system. - For JQuery library, I have to periodically check its website and download the latest version.
- And so on.
I can write a script to automatically do these things, but it would be nice if there were a cross-platform unified established way where a user can just register all the software they want to be automatically updated, and a software will periodically check the relevant websites for updates and notice the user and/or automatically do the update when there is such update.
Does such technology exist? If not, what will be a promising line for such technology in the future? I have a feeling that it could be done by using something like RSS feed, where software developers will publish feeds whenever they update a software, and a specific reader takes care of the update process.
