Jelena Perfiljeva suggested that I "pimp" my question regarding secure options to do version comparisons between DEV to PROD here in the coffee corner (thanks for the suggestion, Jelena!).
As others may have (come across) other questions at risk of flying under the radar in Q&A, this thread can be used from now on to plug them as well.
Here is another question I'd appreciate some feedback on from folks who know more about Eclipse/ADT than I do (which doesn't amount to much yet):
Is there an alternative for Eclipse/ADT to workbench-related user exits like EXIT_SAPLSEDD_001?
Cheers
Bärbel