Added a little still stupid helper script to check PyPi for any new releases

inst/checknew.py

+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    import pkg_resources
+    from pkg_resources import parse_requirements
+    from setuptools.package_index import PackageIndex
+
+    ws = pkg_resources.require('Zope2')
+    pi = PackageIndex()
+
+    names = []
+    installed = []
+    for dist in ws:
+        name = dist.project_name
+        if name not in names:
+            names.append(name)
+            installed.append(dict(
+                dist=dist,
+                name=name,
+                req=parse_requirements(name).next(),
+                ))
+
+    def _key(value):
+        return value['name']
+    installed.sort(key=_key)
+
+    upgrade = False
+    for info in installed:
+        print("Checking for new version of %s." % info['name'])
+        new_dist = pi.obtain(info['req'])
+        if new_dist.parsed_version > info['dist'].parsed_version:
+            upgrade = True
+            print()
+            print("Newer version for %s found. Installed: %s - found: %s" %
+                (info['name'], info['dist'].version, new_dist.version))
+            print("Newer version available at: %s" % new_dist.location)
+            print()
+
+    if not upgrade:
+        print("No updates have been found. All packages use current versions.")
+
+
+def help():
+    print("Use this script via ./bin/zopepy inst/checknew.py.")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+    if '--help' in args:
+        help()
+    else:
+        main()