[SUGGESTION] Notify me when new Nuget package versions are available

[zwikk]

Describe the feature you'd like

A feature that has been available in Visual Studio (incl for Mac) since forever is sorely needed in VSCode. I keep missing Nuget version updates simply because the tooling doesn't tell me.

This is what I see in VS for Mac when new versions are available:

No such thing in VScode.

Alternatives considered

I currently use the 3rd party dotnet global tool called dotnet-outdated. Works great but requires a manual action, I do need to remember running this tool regularly.

Environment Information

• OS: MacOS (on Apple Silicon)
• VSCode 1.86.2
• Extensions:
  • C# v2.18.15 (pre-release)
  • C# Dev Kit v1.4.2 (pre-release)
  • .NET MAUI v0.9.3 (pre-release)

[JonDouglas]

This VS4M functionality is wonderful and could be a potential item in the solution explorer. Here are a few designs around this:

Package status indicators which most closely represents this ask:
NuGet/Home#11838

dotnet audit which can let you know what needs updated:
NuGet/Home#11549

dotnet update package which can do the update operation by itself:
NuGet/Home#11812

Wonderful suggestion! Let's collect some upvotes and comments on this.