| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, brian(dot)williams(at)mayalane(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: The word "virgin" used incorrectly and probably better off replaced |
| Date: | 2019-11-07 21:27:50 |
| Message-ID: | 20191107212750.GB487@momjian.us |
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On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 07:55:22PM +0100, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> > On 7 Nov 2019, at 16:03, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > because we have not explained what a "virgin database" is.
>
> I think this is the key observation.
>
> > We could say "empty", which seems better suited than both "virgin" and
> > "pristine" anyway.
>
> empty is a lot better, but still isn't conveying the state of the database
> without there being room for interpretation. (My grasp of the english language
> isn't enough to suggest a better alternative however).
I am thinking "pristine" would be a good word here.
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