Re: The word "virgin" used incorrectly and probably better offreplaced - Mailing list pgsql-docs

On Thu, Nov  7, 2019 at 07:55:22PM +0100, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> > On 7 Nov 2019, at 16:03, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.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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