[development] RFC: letting modules phone home to check for new releases

[Karoly Negyesi]

> I think a block that shows up for uid no 1, which lists security  
> announcements, would be cool too
> 
> Kind of a security release announcement block. Even if it's just a  
> little line of text in the body.
 

Huh? Last I checked drupal.org/security had an RSS feed and Drupal core had an aggregator which can do blocks and we have excellent control over block visibility.