[Nix-dev] Discussion: env vars as glue

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Lluís Batlle i Rossell <viric at viric.name> skribis:

> What uses do you have for:
> ALSA_PLUGIN_DIRS
> GST_PLUGIN_PATH
> MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH
> QTWEBKIT_PLUGIN_PATH
> QT_PLUGIN_PATH
> STRIGI_PLUGIN_PATH

I think fundamentally plug-ins are about dynamic composition, whereas
Nix favors static composition.  It’s a shock of cultures.  Yet, we
probably want a bit of both.

Ludo’.