Loading the community registry

Where it comes from
Add-ons asking whether they are current. IDs nobody has registered get recorded anyway.
When a version sticks
Five matching reports promote it to the verified latest for that add-on.
What it is not
Publisher-submitted. A rarely used add-on can lag behind its real release.

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