feat(tracing): Remove start method

Author: AbhiPrasad

packages/hub/src/hub.ts

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import {
   Primitive,
   SessionContext,
   Severity,
-  Span,
-  SpanContext,
   Transaction,
   TransactionContext,
   User,

packages/tracing/src/span.ts

@@ -149,16 +149,6 @@ export class Span implements SpanInterface {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @inheritDoc
-   * @deprecated
-   */
-  public child(
-    spanContext?: Pick<SpanContext, Exclude<keyof SpanContext, 'spanId' | 'sampled' | 'traceId' | 'parentSpanId'>>,
-  ): Span {
-    return this.startChild(spanContext);
-  }
-
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */

packages/types/src/hub.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { Primitive } from './misc';
 import { Scope } from './scope';
 import { Session, SessionContext } from './session';
 import { Severity } from './severity';
-import { Span, SpanContext } from './span';
 import { CustomSamplingContext, Transaction, TransactionContext } from './transaction';
 import { User } from './user';
 

packages/types/src/span.ts

@@ -128,14 +128,6 @@ export interface Span extends SpanContext {
    */
   setHttpStatus(httpStatus: number): this;
 
-  /**
-   * Use {@link startChild}
-   * @deprecated
-   */
-  child(
-    spanContext?: Pick<SpanContext, Exclude<keyof SpanContext, 'spanId' | 'sampled' | 'traceId' | 'parentSpanId'>>,
-  ): Span;
-
   /**
    * Creates a new `Span` while setting the current `Span.id` as `parentSpanId`.
    * Also the `sampled` decision will be inherited.