You know what I’d kill for? A plugin that takes this info from a WordPress plugin page:

And drops it into place here:

Because keeping track of that sort of thing is becoming increasingly important for anyone who gives half a shit about keeping their site and its plugins up to date.
So, uhm, does anyone have the free time to do something like this? Because I don’t right now — but I’ll gladly buy a nice bottle of something alcoholic for the person who does…
Update: Request fulfilled by the exceedingly wonderful Pete Mall!
Here’s what it looks like in action:

Thanks Pete! I’ll have a bottle of whiskey for you at WordCamp SF.
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2 responses to “Feature Request: Tracking Plugin Updates”
YES!!
Ask and you shall receive – https://gist.github.com/2956201
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