IMHO, package pages, e.g. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/base/bash.html should have a pointer to the package homepage if it exists, and more info about the author(s), development effort, etc.
It would be nice to have an idea whether a package is under current rapid development, mature, senile, dying, etc. It would also be nice to know whether the development effort is a one-man-show, benevolent dictatorship, participatory democracy, hallucinatory anarchy, etc. Also, would it be reasonable to encourage authors/teams to use SourceForge or equivalent?