FreeCAD Configuration Management Project

This page is describes a potential Google Summer of Code project regarding configuration management for the FreeCAD CAE application.

Outline
FreeCAD relies on a large number of software packages and is available on most major platforms (Windows, OSX, Linux), many versions of those platforms and several distribution methods (package managers, AppImages, build-your-own, installers, etc). This makes for a particularly challenging configuration management.

Details

 * 1) A clear picture of FreeCAD's dependencies as well as their dependencies is required.  This is envisioned as a visual depiction (perhaps a directed graph) and an analysis of conflicting versions.
 * 2) A plan for the partitioning of the FreeCAD functionality into manageable chunks along with smaller sets of dependencies is also required.

Expected Outcome

 * 1) A reduction in manual effort when releasing new versions of FreeCAD.

Future Possibilities
This work will provide experience in the packaging and distribution of multi-platform software.

Skills

 * Familiarity with
 * package managers (Launchpad, pbuilder, gitbuilder, conda)
 * build managers (cMake, make, VS, MSBuils, Nmake)
 * graph theory (Dependency graph)

Difficulty
Medium