Add support for 'http_proxy' and 'https_proxy' environment variables

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These environment variables are somewhat standard and are respected by tools such as ‘wget’ on *NIX and Windows.

The wrapper script could detect these environment variables and set the appropriate Java system properties.

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Linked to GRADLE-2393.

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Raised another (slightly different, but related) idea: http://forums.gradle.org/gradle/topics/zero-configuration-proxy-support

As http_proxy env variable isn’t really a standard on Windows (e.g. ignored by browsers). The OS-level proxy configuration is standard there.