Use the new Distribution Update Status Manager module

The Distribution Update Status Manager module has been written that enhances the Update (core) manager module specifically for distributions. We plan to include this in the Panopoly distribution but we wrote it generically enough for any distribution to use. Commerce Kickstart is also in the process of adding it in.

We tested it locally with the Commons distro by simply adding/enabling the distro_update module and it appears to work well. The features of the distro_update module are listed on the project page.

I'm hoping to get more distributions using the same module so we're not all reinventing the wheel.

If commons is interested in using it, I'd be happy to create a patch.