Ticket #756 (task)

server.quickstart isn't needed in 3.1. It should be removed to lessen confusion with cherrypy.quickstart.

[09:42] <teolicy> My code's merely: import cherrypy;
    cherrypy.config.update('configfile'), cherrypy.server.quickstart()
[09:45] <fumanchu_> and your code should be: import cherrypy;
    cherrypy.quickstart(None, config='configfile')
[09:48] <teolicy> OK, much better.
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[09:50] * fumanchu_ wonders aloud to the devs whether 3.1 should drop the
    server.quickstart method since it's confusing and no longer needed
[09:56] <jtate> fumanchu_: drop it!
[09:56] <dowski> well, maybe add a deprecation warning
[09:56] * jtate has 0 vested interest in that method
[09:56] <fumanchu_> heh
[09:56] <dowski> i guess dropping it wouldn't be that bad
[09:57] <dowski> it's not like calls to server.quickstart() will be all
    over someone's codebase
[09:57] <fumanchu_> true
[09:57] <dowski> unless they are very confused
[09:57] <dowski> or very enlightened
[09:58] <schmichael> as a relative new guy to cherrypy, i vote
    deprecation... especially since people are going to be finding
    examples using it all over the webs
[09:58] <dowski> that's a good point
[09:59] <schmichael> removing it outright in a minor version seems
    like you're asking for a lot more people popping into #cherrypy
    wondering where their favorite method has gone :)
[10:01] <fumanchu_> so: deprecate
[10:02] <dowski> fumanchu_: that's my vote
[10:03] <fumanchu_> perhaps it ought to just "pass" then instead of
    starting the HTTP server?
[10:03] <fumanchu_> (pass and warn)
[10:04] <dowski> well, it might as well be removed in that case
[10:04] <dowski> then you'd have a dead in the water CP app server,
    correct?
[10:04] <dowski> until you change your code to call server.start()
[10:05] <dowski> not that i am seriously opposed to that either
[10:05] <fumanchu_> no, engine.start() should start the HTTP server now
[10:05] <dowski> aaaah
[10:05] * dowski needs to get with it
[10:05] <fumanchu_> because cherrypy.server is a bus plugin
[10:06] <dowski> well, then a warn and pass sounds good
[10:07] <fumanchu_> currently, if you try to run 3.0 code
    (server.quickstart(); engine.start()) in 3.1, it'll try to start
    the HTTP server twice. The second try will just pass and log a
    "server already started" bus message
[10:08] <fumanchu_> but if server.quickstart passed instead, then you
    wouldn't get that odd message anymore
[10:09] <dowski> that sounds good