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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: The word "virgin" used incorrectly and probably better off replaced
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 10:19:20 -0500
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Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]> writes:
> Hmm.  Maybe we can say "pristine database" and then add this explanation
> in a parenthical comment:

>     This is particularly handy when restoring a
>     <literal>pg_dump</literal> dump: the dump script should be restored in a
>     pristine database (one where no user-defined objects exist and where
>     system objects have not been altered), to ensure that one recreates
>     the correct contents of the dumped database, without conflicting
>     with objects that might have been added to
>     <literal>template1</literal> later on.

So the patch becomes s/virgin/pristine/g plus add a parenthetical
definition for the first use?  Works for me.

			regards, tom lane

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