[Nix-dev] Discussion: env vars as glue

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:28:05AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> 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.

So is the firefox and its plugins, and we have a happy solution for that. :)
I propose to extend that.