louis-ouellet I can't seem to find the right information about how to handle updates
If you are not informed that an update is available, then there is no update available. And then no update is necessary. In any case, this is the intended standard case. However, sometimes this is not the case. If the Temolate has no malfunctions, you can assume that everything is OK.
Templates and plugins do not necessarily require an update when a new DokuWiki version is released.
- Michael Sy.