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Should MySQL change the terms regarding replication?

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MySQL replication uses the term 'master' and 'slave' to refer to the machine which is be replicated from, and the machine that is being replicated to, respectively.  These terms are highly offensive to some people, given the history of slavery.  While the terms master/slave make sense for replication, given their offensive nature, perhaps MySQL should consider changing the terminology.

I suggest changing:
SHOW MASTER LOGS -> SHOW REPLICATOR LOGS;
SHOW MASTER STATUS -> SHOW REPLICATOR STATUS;

SHOW SLAVE STATUS -> SHOW REPLICATION STATUS;
START|STOP SLAVE [IO_THREAD|APPLY_THREAD] -> START|STOP REPLICATION [IO_THREAD|APPLY_THREAD]

The old commands can still work for backwards compatibility, but they should be deprecated.
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