rspec users - Sep 2007 - rspec_on_rails - necessary to force "test" env?

Hi all

rspec_on_rails/lib/spec/rails.rb starts:

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dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
require ''application''

silence_warnings { RAILS_ENV = "test" }
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That force into "test" environment is causing me trouble and
I''ve
commented it out.

Why? I''m testing a plugin, and have a sort of mini rails app that I  
use for the specs. The environments in this app are not dev/ 
production/staging because the app only exists for testing. Instead  
they are mysql / sqlite etc. for testing against different DBs.

Is there a way to avoid this force into test environment?

Ta

Tom