(Sorry for not remembering this until now that I see it, but...) no, that will increase the number of files we have to download.  We want to take advantage of our minifier, and our loader.  Here's my attempt on a replacement number 2.

2) add them to app/modules-debug.js (look for "jsyaml" for an example of how to do it).  Whatever name you choose for the module ('js-yaml' in the given example) is the name you should put in the "requires" section of the code that needs it.