feat(tracing): Remove start method

Author: AbhiPrasad

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/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.