Removed a few defunct Gradle Settings

extide/gradle/apichanges.xml

@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@ is the proper place.
     <!-- ACTUAL CHANGES BEGIN HERE: -->
 
     <changes>
+        <change id="gradle-setting-deprecation">
+            <api name="general"/>
+            <summary>Some Gradle Settings Removed from Use</summary>
+            <version major="2" minor="36"/>
+            <date day="2" month="10" year="2023"/>
+            <author login="lkishalmi"/>
+            <compatibility semantic="compatible" />
+            <description>
+                <p>
+                    Setting the following properties: <code>startDaemonOnStart</code>, <code>silentInstall</code>, and <code>noRebuild</code> are
+                    no longer in use. Their setters are no-ops,their getters returning <code>false</code>.
+                </p>
+            </description>
+            <class package="org.netbeans.modules.gradle.spi.newproject" name="TemplateOperation"/>
+        </change>
         <change id="gradle-wrapper-version">
             <api name="general"/>
             <summary>Method to set the Gradle version when initalizing the wrapper</summary>

extide/gradle/manifest.mf

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client: true
 OpenIDE-Module: org.netbeans.modules.gradle/2
 OpenIDE-Module-Layer: org/netbeans/modules/gradle/layer.xml
 OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: org/netbeans/modules/gradle/Bundle.properties
-OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.35
+OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.36

extide/gradle/src/org/netbeans/modules/gradle/api/execute/GradleCommandLine.java

@@ -1126,7 +1126,6 @@ public static GradleCommandLine getDefaultCommandLine() {
 
         ret.setFlag(Flag.OFFLINE, settings.isOffline());
         ret.setFlag(Flag.CONFIGURE_ON_DEMAND, settings.isConfigureOnDemand());
-        ret.setFlag(Flag.NO_REBUILD, settings.getNoRebuild());
         ret.setFlag(Flag.CONFIGURATION_CACHE, settings.getUseConfigCache());
 
         ret.setLogLevel(settings.getDefaultLogLevel());

extide/gradle/src/org/netbeans/modules/gradle/loaders/GradleDaemon.java

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 import org.netbeans.modules.gradle.api.NbGradleProject;
 import org.netbeans.modules.gradle.api.execute.GradleCommandLine;
-import org.netbeans.modules.gradle.spi.GradleSettings;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -38,9 +37,7 @@
 import org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException;
 import org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnector;
 import org.gradle.tooling.ProjectConnection;
-import org.netbeans.modules.gradle.api.execute.GradleDistributionManager;
 import org.openide.modules.InstalledFileLocator;
-import org.openide.modules.OnStart;
 import org.openide.modules.Places;
 import org.openide.util.RequestProcessor;
 
@@ -67,19 +64,6 @@ public final class GradleDaemon {
 
     private GradleDaemon() {}
 
-    @OnStart
-    public static class Loader implements Runnable {
-
-        @Override
-        public void run() {
-            GradleSettings settings = GradleSettings.getDefault();
-            GradleDistributionManager dmgr = GradleDistributionManager.get(settings.getGradleUserHome());
-            if ( settings.isStartDaemonOnStart() && dmgr.defaultDistribution().isAvailable()) {
-                GRADLE_LOADER_RP.submit(GradleDaemon::doLoadDaemon);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     public static String initScript() {
         File initScript = Places.getCacheSubfile("gradle/nb-tooling.gradle"); //NOI18N
         synchronized (initScriptReady) {

extide/gradle/src/org/netbeans/modules/gradle/options/Bundle.properties

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ SettingsPanel.cbSkipCheck.text=Skip 'check' for non-test Related Executions
 SettingsPanel.cbSkipTest.text=Skip 'test' for non-test Related Executions
 SettingsPanel.cbConfigureOnDemand.text=Configure on Demand
 SettingsPanel.cbPreferWrapper.text=Prefer to use Gradle Wrapper that Comes with the Project
-SettingsPanel.cbStartDaemonOnStart.text=Start Gradle Daemon on IDE Start
 SettingsPanel.lbVersionInfo.text=
 SettingsPanel.cbHideEmptyConfig.text=Hide 'Empty' Configurations
 SettingsPanel.cbAlwaysShowOutput.text=Always Show Build Output
@@ -52,13 +51,10 @@ SettingsPanel.lbDownloadSources.text=Download Sources Along with the Dependencie
 SettingsPanel.lbDownloadJavadoc.text=Download JavaDoc Along with the Dependencies
 SettingsPanel.cbDownloadJavadoc.toolTipText=Not implemented yet.
 SettingsPanel.cbDownloadSources.toolTipText=Not implemented yet.
-SettingsPanel.cbSilentInstall.text=Install Gradle Runtime Silently
 SettingsPanel.btDefaultHome.text=Default
 SettingsPanel.lbAllowExecution.text=Allow Gradle Execution:
 SettingsPanel.cbBundledLoading.text=Load Projects in Bundles
 SettingsPanel.cbBundledLoading.toolTipText=Instead of loading  sub-projects of a multi-project build individually, try fetch the sub-project details in one run.
 SettingsPanel.cbUseConfigCache.toolTipText=<html>This is an <b>incubating</b> feature. Use with care!
 SettingsPanel.cbUseConfigCache.text=Use Configuration Cache
-SettingsPanel.cbNoRebuild.text=<html><strike>Do not Rebuild Project Dependencies</strike>
-SettingsPanel.cbNoRebuild.toolTipText=<html>This option was removed in Gradle 8.0 as this <b>can lead to wrong results</b>.<br/>\nNetBeans is going to remove it in version 20.<br/>Use with caution!
 SettingsPanel.lbNetworkProxy.text=Network Proxy:

extide/gradle/src/org/netbeans/modules/gradle/options/GradleOptionsController.java

@@ -51,12 +51,6 @@ public void update() {
     @Override
     public void applyChanges() {
         getPanel().applyValues();
-        if (GradleSettings.getDefault().isSilentInstall()) {
-            // If allowed, let's just install the required Gradle version.
-            GradleDistributionManager gdm = GradleDistributionManager.get();
-            GradleDistribution dist = gdm.distributionFromVersion(GradleSettings.getDefault().getGradleVersion());
-            dist.install();
-        }
     }
 
     @Override