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About Me

I am a software engineer working on the development and delivery of Ubuntu cloud images for download and on major cloud platforms. I work on the Canonical Public Cloud team to deliver Ubuntu to all the major public clouds. I have been Ubuntu cloud image release shepherd for many of the recent releases, including Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

I have been an Ubuntu desktop and server user since at least 2005 and an Ubuntu cloud user since at least 2010.

Contact Information

Contributions

• livecd-rootfs development for image builds

• cloud-images and related image publication / consumption tools

• simplestreams for cloud image, MAAS image, and Juju tools machine-readable indices

• ubuntu-watch-packages Watch specified packages in the ubuntu archive for transition between archive pockets. Useful when waiting for a package update to be published.

• lpshipit Helpful utility for merging launchpad MPs

• ubuntu-package-manifest Helpful utility to generate a package manifest

• ubuntu-cloud-image-changelog Helpful utility to generate package changelog between two cloud images

• review-gator Review gator is an aggregate view of Launchpad and Github code reviews a team has to do.

• Ubuntu Docker images Official repo for Ubuntu docker image updates

• ubuntu-old-fashioned Script to let you build ubuntu cloud images locally from a livecd-rootfs checkout

• aws-marketplace-ubuntu-scraper CLI to return the Ubuntu AMIs in AWS marketplace

Future Goals

• Continue to work on ways to improve the discover-ability of Ubuntu cloud images. I have started this work already with the aggreg8streams project

• Continue to improve ways for users to understand what package are installed in a cloud image. I have started this work already with the ubuntu-package-manifest project

• Continue to improve ways for users to understand the differences between two Ubuntu cloud images. I have started this work already with the ubuntu-cloud-image-changelog project and started documentation on the Ubuntu discourse server

Testimonials

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Phil has worked on many embargoed CVE releases affecting Ubuntu Cloud Images, LXD, MAAS images. Without his work, there would be a lot less chance for images to be ready and published when the named vulnerabilities hit the news. He is a great advocate of Ubuntu. I would recommend granting phil Ubuntu Membership status and/or Ubuntu Contributing Developer (without upload rights). -- xnox 2020-11-05 11:11:33

I would recommend granting Phil Ubuntu Membership and/or Ubuntu Contributing Developer status. He had been a solid and consistent contributor to, and advocate for, Ubuntu. Phil has been critical in developing and maintaining the Ubuntu experience in public clouds both in the images themselves and also in the user tools to make them easier to find and use. I would echo xnox's statements about Phil's tireless efforts related to CVEs well; he cares deeply about providing Ubuntu users with the most secure Ubuntu experience from the moment they launch. -- @-- rcj 2020-11-05 12:40:23@

I have cooperated with Phil on multiple occasions and working with him was always a pleasure - he's been our go-to cloud image coordinator during many Ubuntu releases. He's in the heart of the Ubuntu cloud development and delivery, critical to Ubuntu's success in the clouds. I think Phil totally deserves to be an Ubuntu Member and/or Ubuntu Contributing Developer. -- sil2100 2020-11-05 14:25:04