Since you already have website<->forum intergreation, maybe have the ability to "check" off which snippets/modules/etc. you have installed (so you could get a custom RSS feed or something of the stuff you use, making updating easier). MyBB recently tried out this idea, and it’s really useful, IMO.
That sounds like a usefull feature. Also subscribing to a snippet/plugin from the repository so you get a mail when it is updated would be nice. I know I can subscribe to the support thread on the forums, but that will also give me mails when people ask for support, not only when a new version is released.
Personally I would prefer to have check-update in MODx himself, of such form that when acceding the site administrator, appeared in the initial page a message with the available updates.
Perhaps in so waited 0.9.7 version?
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MODX Staff
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Yes, we’re going to be moving towards a packaging system that will allow add-ons and core extensions to be monitored (auto-update feature), downloaded directly to the server (assuming the environment allows it, falling back to manual download and package extraction), and installed/upgraded from within the MODx manager interface itself. We’ll eventually offer similar functionality for the MODx core, as well.
This does mean add-ons and extensions will need to provide an update site, and likely we’ll extend the existing repository to make it easy for contributors to take advantage of these packaging options.
