Hello Salvatore,   
      
   Thank you for your reply.   
      
   There are two scenarios that I encounter quite frequently:   
      
   - When I try to install Debian on recent hardware, I sometimes need a newer   
   kernel than the one provided by default. Otherwise, installation is sometimes   
   impossible. In such cases, I would need an ISO that allows me to choose the   
   kernel before the    
   installer loads into RAM, which is not currently the case. Currently, I can   
   only choose a kernel via the advanced menu that will update my installation   
   post-install. Actually I cannot take advantage of this when booting the ISO,   
   which limits    
   compatibility to hardware recognized by the basic LTS kernel.    
      
   - For the hardware that I have been able to soft-engineer with the basic   
   Debian kernel, in some cases I would like to be able to provide better   
   compatibility for certain devices. To do this, I may need a more recent kernel.   
      
   I am very grateful to you for making the new kernels available to us in   
   Backports. However, their versions are constantly changing (6.17, then 6.18,   
   6.19, etc.), which doesn't always suit me.    
      
   To answer your question, I would have liked, if possible, for Backports to   
   include a new permanent official folder that could be named, for example,   
   “New LTS kernel”.    
      
   The idea would be to have the choice (as in Arch Linux) to use a more recent   
   LTS kernel permanently, while benefiting from its security updates as with the   
   basic LTS kernel.   
      
   In my experience, using a very recent kernel with an Nvidia graphics card and   
   its proprietary driver can be difficult... sometimes you have to wait several   
   weeks for Nvidia to provide a new driver for it to work again... And witching   
   to an AMD or Intel    
   GPU is not a viable solution for me.   
      
   I don't know if it's a bot that automatically compiles the kernels or if it   
   needs to be done manually by you.   
      
   If you have an automated kernel compilation system and its management is not   
   too complex for you in terms of workload, I would be extremely happy to be   
   able to benefit on Backports from the newer LTS kernels when they become   
   available, if that were    
   possible for you.   
      
   Thank you for the excellent work you and all the Debian teams do for the   
   community.   
      
   Best regards.   
      
   Philippe   
      
   PS Please excuse my poor English, I'm using an online translator...   
      
      
      
   > Le 11.12.2025 10:26 CET, Salvatore Bonaccorso  a écrit :   
   >    
   >     
   > Hi Philippe,   
   >    
   > On Sun, Dec 07, 2025 at 04:49:08PM +0100, phamiet@bluewin.ch wrote:   
   > > Hello,   
   > >    
   > > Would it be possible for you to create a folder for us in   
   > > Trixie-backports containing the new 6.18 LTS kernel and its future   
   > > security updates include ?   
   >    
   > Once we move the packaging to 6.18.y and upload to unstable, we need   
   > to wait it migrates to testing. Once this is done the trixie-backports   
   > will be based on the 6.18.y series.   
   >    
   > *But* once 6.19.y is uploaded to unstable and then moves to testing   
   > the next trixie-backports will move to be based on it.   
   >    
   > In short: there won't be separte longterm packaged 6.18.y versions in   
   > Debian. Noting that explicitly as I'm not sure if the question refers   
   > to have 6.18.y wich is upstream a LTS kernel for longer term in Debian   
   > itself.   
   >    
   > Or did you just mean the availablity of a newer version as right now   
   > in trixie-backports?   
   >    
   > Regards,   
   > Salvatore   
      
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