When selecting “Linux - Generic” there are multiple archives and it is not that easy to understand which archive to use.

Specifically it is not easy to understand which one can be used for RHEL9. There are two archives, in fact, one with glibc2.17 and one with glibc2.35

One would assume that he has to download an archive that matches the glibc installed in the system, but RHEL9 has glibc2.34 - hence possible confusion on which package to download.

The documentation (link) says that the package with glibc2.17is compatible with any supported operating system except Ubuntu 22.04. So theoretically, the doc is answering. However, one might still have doubts (e.g. what if RHEL9 was added in the list of “supported operating system” after this page was written).

It is a bit risky, imho, and questions will remain open, especially if comparing things with PS for MySQL, as for MySQL we have a package with glibc2.34.

Looking at what we have done in the doc of PS for MySQL, things are easier there - we have in fact created a table (link) which mention OS, tarball name and glibc2 version (image attached).

It would also be useful to document the difference between the package with the label minimal and without it - because it is not easy to understand. Again, this is documented for PS Server for MySQL (same page).