On 03/01/2011, at 8:37 PM, Baruch Sadogursky wrote:

> Idea plugin is using it, isn't it?

No, it has its own idea of which Gradle distribution to use, which you have to 
configure separately. I guess it could use the PATH to find the default version 
to use. I'd also like to change it so that it understands 
gradle-wrapper.properties, too.

> 
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:35, Adam Murdoch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to axe the $GRADLE_HOME environment variable.
> 
> The reason is that you have to change both the PATH and GRADLE_HOME variables 
> when you switch Gradle versions. This is prone to error, so that you end up 
> using a version which you don't expect.
> 
> You can achieve the same effect that GRADLE_HOME provides by messing with 
> your PATH variable, so I think that GRADLE_HOME is just pointless complexity.
> 
> Does anyone have a good reason to keep it?
> 
> 
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> Adam Murdoch
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> Baruch


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