[amelius]

What node.js needs is a better way to manage packages. Right now, upgrading can fail with no way to roll back. Also, reproducibility is missing. E.g, it is not easy to download sources, and deploy those exact same sources on different machines.

[ijroth]

Please check out slc build and slc deploy from StrongLoop which attempt to solve exactly this issue and are being used by major deployments.

[tg3]

npm is now its own company, so I think there is hope that serious work is being done to fix those issues.