Wrapper scripts are being used to set the environment in X11/wayland and nVidia. https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/orca-slicer.sh?h=orca-slicer
I suspect you will be seeing more of this going forward in CAD software and G-code slicers. At the moment, there is a looming deadline for 7.8 ports, but at some point it may be worth while to think about a recommended way to deal with this going forward.
