Recommended way to require Node.js modules in Meteor

Question

I am making my way through my first Meteor app, and I opened a little rabbit hole trying to connect to S3. I installed awssum using a meteorite, but it looks like I need to install the Node.js module with the same name in order to actually work with the examples. I end up distributing my application in Heroku, and I would like to be able to pack my dependencies with my code. Along the way, I found a few ways to do this, and I wonder what's close to the best:

• install the package I need / public ( https://github.com/possibilities/meteor-node-modules ) (seems risky)
• hack the buildpack I'm using ( https://github.com/oortcloud/heroku-buildpack-meteorite ) to require the node packages I need
• Expand my project as a node module, thereby resolving the dependencies ( https://github.com/matb33/heroku-meteor-npm )
• link your project, unzip it and install in the created node_modules dir ( Recommended way to use Node.js modules with meteor )

Which route should I take?

Answer 1

We are closing a release that interacts with packages / NPM. See Avi recording meteorite current.

He also gave a technical talk last month to Devshop, looking at work using S3 as an example: http://youtu.be/kA-QB9rQCq8