Gotcha that's a good improvement. But this still only works by showing a visual change in your feed at the time of the release. What if I care about software but don't spend all day on Github's logged in homepage/activity feed?
Email is the only reliable way to send/receive important updates for any meaningful project.
You get an email if you subscribe to releases.
Huh, I see releases in the Github UI and I never get release emails. Maybe I have an email filter I forgot about.
You need to change your notification settings in GitHub. Maybe sending you a email of new notifications is not the default option.