>>>>> On Mon, 17 Jun 2024, Michał Górny wrote:

> I think it would be less confusing to have an optional arg to Closes,
> something like:

>   Closes[PKGREMOVED]: ...

Yay, bikeshedding. :) But seriously, since we already have:

  Signed-off-by: ... (DCO-1.1)

I'd suggest using similar syntax, i.e.

  Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/123456 (pkgremoved)

The string in parentheses would be matched in a case-insensitive way.

Ulrich