Re: template0 database comment

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Yeah, I think that the right way to approach this is to have initdb
> >> comment *both* of those databases. I don't like that specific wording
> >> for template0 though. Maybe
> >>
> >> template0: unmodified copy of original template1 database
> >> template1: default template for new databases
>
> > Tom, the current comment for "template1" is "default template database".
> > Do you like your above wording better? It does make it slighly longer.
>
> Actually that's Greg's wording. Yeah I do like it better. If you don't
> already know what a template database is, "template1: default template
> database" is going to convey precisely nothing to you. Greg's version
> at least gives you the information that it has got something to do with
> making new databases, which would probably be enough to prompt people to
> go look in the right part of the docs.

OK, I have modified the comments to be clearer about their purpose:

test=> \l+
Name | Description
-----------+--------------------------------------------
postgres | default administrative connection database
template0 | unmodifiable empty database
template1 | default template for new databases

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