For checking dependencies for updates, my package/dependency manager (pipenv) can check for me, and even do an audit for what dependencies need security updates

For checking dependencies for updates, my package/dependency manager (pipenv) can check for me, and even do an audit for what dependencies need security updates, through the safety tool (https://github.com/pyupio/safety https://github.com/pyupio/safety). This is for an application though, not a distro like what you seem to be doing.