Core shouldn't use deprecated functions

[Nazgul]

If I look at deprecated.php I see a lot of functions still being used in the core. Isn't the point of deprecating them that we shouldn't be using them anymore?

Here's a list of the functions (and between brackets the files that use them).
start_wp (wp-atom.php, wp-rss.php, wp-rss2.php, wp-admin/edit.php, wp-admin/export.php, wp-content/themes/clasdic/comment-popup.php and wp-content/themes/default/comment-popup.php)

wp_set_post_cats (wp-admin/import/dotclear.php and wp-admin/import/textpattern.php)

get_author_link (wp-includes/feed.php)

link_pages (wp-content/themes/default/attachment.php, wp-content/themes/default/page.php and wp-content/themes/default/single.php)

[Nazgul]

I've created patches for get_author_link, link_pages and wp_set_post_cats, but I'm afraid that fixing the calls to start_wp is a little too advanced for my PHP skills.

Anybody want to help me with that, so we can close this issue?

[ryan]

(In [4264]) Don't use deprecated functions. Props Nazgul. fixes #3186

[foolswisdom]

Nazgul, I have opened Ticket:3188 for "Shouldn't use deprecated function start_wp"