Changing environment variables to switch Jenkins debug mode on and off is inconvenient. Especially if working on several separate projects and you want to start them simultaneously.

It will be very helpful if it will be possible to start in debug mode using Gradle task like it is done in Gretty

http://akhikhl.github.io/gretty-doc/Debugger-support.html
http://akhikhl.github.io/gretty-doc/Gretty-tasks.html