Problem

most packages use meta.homepage to link to the source code repository, but for projects with an actual homepage (such as luajit), finding the source code often requires clicking around various links to try to find the official repo.

for packages that use fetchFromGitHub or similar, you can usually piece the url back together with some effort, but for projects that use a source tarball (again, like luajit), you're out of luck.

Proposal

a meta.repository field that points to an http-browsable source tree.

for packages without a separate homepage, you could just set the meta.repository field instead.

Checklist

• checked latest Nixpkgs manual (source) and latest NixOS manual (source)
• checked open documentation issues for possible duplicates
• checked open documentation pull requests for possible solutions

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