Re: The word "virgin" used incorrectly and probably better off replaced

On 2019-Nov-07, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> 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:

> > > 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.

But you would have to explain that a database created as a copy of
template1 may somehow not be pristine. Maybe we should just use a
phrase that describes what we mean, something like "a database that
doesn't contain objects other than default system ones."

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