def check_for_updates():
    """
        Checks for updates and returns a tuple:
            update_available, latest_version, current_version
    """
    from pyxrd.generic.outdated import check_outdated
    from pyxrd.__version import __version__
    is_outdated, latest_version = check_outdated('pyxrd', __version__)
    return is_outdated, latest_version, __version__
