I just realised that Robert is not subscribed to debian-user and so perhaps will not see this reply. Here is a Cc.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 04:19:06PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 03:31:54PM +0000, Robert Foster wrote: > > Hi,To whom is may concern, > > This is not the correct place to report bugs (and such requests are a > form of wishlist-level bug), but in my opinion purely as a Debian user > your request would not be actionable anyway, because… > > > to please release an official Debian ISO with the v6.18.2 Kernel. > > The current stable release has chosen 5.12.x LTS and will stick for it > for the life of that release. There is no way to get a newer packaged > kernel version except by: > > - getting it from testing, sid or experimental sources, with the > associated trade-offs that this choice brings, or; > > - building it yourself > > > Right now Debian official release only has Kernel v6.12.x And it's way > > too old. > > It's current Debian policy to work this way. You could lobby for Debian > to do something a bit like Ubuntu does and package a so-called "hardware > enablement" kernel (HWE in Ubuntu terminology) which is a newer kernel > version backported to their stable release. There would need to be > volunteers to do it. > > > asking the Debian team to please release Debian ISO with the latest > > LTS kernel which is v6.18.2,so many of us Linux users can benefit from > > the newest features & support that Kernel v6.18.2 has. > > The experimental distribution already has packages for 6.18.2: > > https://packages.debian.org/experimental/linux-image-amd64 > > If you get your kernels from experimental then you'll pretty much always > have the latest version. With the usual downsides that security releases > may not be as quick as for stable, kernel may not integrate perfectly > with other packages, etc. > > > Yes I know I won’t get Debian-packaged kernels with APT updates and > > updates must be done manually. > > Getting your kernels from "experimental" does get you packaged, > automated updates, so sounds like your feature request is already > satisfied. > > Personally I wouldn't do it though unless I absolutely needed to for a > vital piece of hardware support, due to questions about compatibility > with the rest of the packages in the stable release. > > See: > > https://wiki.debian.org/HowToUpgradeKernel > > for hot to get your kernel from "experimental". > > Thanks, > Andy > > -- > https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
