notification of updates

[kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com>]

In windows XP, when using acroread, it gives a notification if there is 
a new version of acroread available. While this popup is considered 
annoying by a lot, for some reason, I happen to like this feature. Now 
my question is 'Is there any software in Debian which performs a similar 
functionality?'

For example, when I open a file with gvim, I would like to have a pop up 
saying that "there is a new version of gvim available in the 
repositories". It need not give options to install the software. But if 
it does that, it would be super! Any ideas/suggestions are most welcome. 
FYI, I am using unstable branch.

thanks
raju

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