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To: Daniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: The word "virgin" used incorrectly and probably better off replaced
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 16:27:50 -0500
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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 <[email protected]> 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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