Remove deprecated created, started, and cloned functions from lxc state

Also updates the Carbon release notes to include these removals and
includes which functions replace the deprecated functions

doc/topics/releases/carbon.rst

@@ -369,6 +369,14 @@ Deprecations
   For additional information see the documentation for the ``reg`` execution and
   state modules.
 
+- ``lxc`` state module The following functions were removed from the ``lxc`` state
+  module. Each function was replaced with ``present`` state:
+
+  - created: replaced by the ``present`` state.
+  - started: replaced by the ``running`` state.
+  - cloned: replaced by the ``present`` state, with the ``clone_from`` argument set
+    to the name of the clone source.
+
 - ``ip_in_subnet`` function in salt.utils.network.py has been removed. Use the
   ``in_subnet`` function instead.
 

salt/states/lxc.py

@@ -634,59 +634,6 @@ def stopped(name, kill=False, path=None):
     return ret
 
 
-# Deprecated states
-def created(name, **kwargs):
-    '''
-    .. deprecated:: 2015.5.0
-        Use :mod:`lxc.present <salt.states.lxc.present>`
-    '''
-    salt.utils.warn_until(
-        'Carbon',
-        'The lxc.created state has been renamed to lxc.present, please use '
-        'lxc.present'
-    )
-    return present(name, **kwargs)
-
-
-def started(name, path=None, restart=False):
-    '''
-    .. deprecated:: 2015.5.0
-        Use :mod:`lxc.running <salt.states.lxc.running>`
-    '''
-    salt.utils.warn_until(
-        'Carbon',
-        'The lxc.started state has been renamed to lxc.running, please use '
-        'lxc.running'
-    )
-    return running(name, restart=restart, path=path)
-
-
-def cloned(name,
-           orig,
-           snapshot=True,
-           size=None,
-           vgname=None,
-           path=None,
-           profile=None):
-    '''
-    .. deprecated:: 2015.5.0
-        Use :mod:`lxc.present <salt.states.lxc.present>`
-    '''
-    salt.utils.warn_until(
-        'Carbon',
-        'The lxc.cloned state has been merged into the lxc.present state. '
-        'Please update your states to use lxc.present, with the '
-        '\'clone_from\' argument set to the name of the clone source.'
-    )
-    return present(name,
-                   clone_from=orig,
-                   snapshot=snapshot,
-                   size=size,
-                   vgname=vgname,
-                   path=path,
-                   profile=profile)
-
-
 def set_pass(name, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=W0613
     '''
     .. deprecated:: 2015.5.0