Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iUAgu-0007gk-Di for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:29:16 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iUAgs-0000hi-TM for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:29:14 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iUAgs-0000hb-MN for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:29:14 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iUAgl-0005Tx-Sp for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:29:14 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id xABET2qF018650; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:29:02 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Alvaro Herrera cc: Daniel Gustafsson , Bruce Momjian , brian.williams@mayalane.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: The word "virgin" used incorrectly and probably better off replaced In-reply-to: <20191111131429.GA11285@alvherre.pgsql> References: <20191111131429.GA11285@alvherre.pgsql> Comments: In-reply-to Alvaro Herrera message dated "Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:14:29 -0300" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <18648.1573482542.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:29:02 -0500 Message-ID: <18649.1573482542@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Alvaro Herrera writes: > One problem with doing it that way is that the proposed parenthical > comment partly duplicates the text immediately following it, so I'm no > longer so sure that adding it is good; I think that changing "local > additions" to "local additions and changes" might be sufficient, or > maybe that is too obscure for novices? For create_database.sgml it does > seem to make a little more sense, but I'm not 100% there either. I think we should stick to the wording we've agreed to be clearer. Maybe do manage-ag.sgml like so: By instructing CREATE DATABASE to copy template0 instead of template1, you can create a pristine user database, that is one where no user-defined objects exist and where system objects have not been altered. This is particularly handy ... regards, tom lane