Is it possible to view a graphical representation of the dependencies in your blender scene? It would make things like rigging a ton easier to manage, especially considering how many of my rigs refuse to update their dependencies.
Not directly at this time… the best one can do is use the Outliner to see what constraints, modifiers, and parenting looks like…
the subject of making a node editor for Rigging however is on the table… but it’s not much of a priority right now… so likes we might all have to wait…
here’s where this got brought up … start at about… comment #11
http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?345481-Can-you-have-multiple-weight-maps-per-object
Also decided to try and get a discussion going about a Rigging Node Editor…
here…