Re: template0 database comment

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Yeah, I think that the right way to approach this is to have initdb
> >> comment *both* of those databases.  I don't like that specific wording
> >> for template0 though.  Maybe
> >> 
> >> template0: unmodified copy of original template1 database
> >> template1: default template for new databases
> 
> > Tom, the current comment for "template1" is "default template database".
> > Do you like your above wording better?  It does make it slighly longer.
> 
> Actually that's Greg's wording.  Yeah I do like it better.  If you don't
> already know what a template database is, "template1: default template
> database" is going to convey precisely nothing to you.  Greg's version
> at least gives you the information that it has got something to do with
> making new databases, which would probably be enough to prompt people to
> go look in the right part of the docs.

OK, I have modified the comments to be clearer about their purpose:

	test=> \l+
	   Name    |                Description
	-----------+--------------------------------------------
	 postgres  | default administrative connection database
	 template0 | unmodifiable empty database
	 template1 | default template for new databases

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