No need for opening bugs against packages removed from CRAN, just directly ask for removal if you are confident.

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Hi Ben,

thanks for your involvement in package maintenance,

the 'uscan error' type in the packaging team's UDD page already gives us
a good overview of what is removed from CRAN.

https://udd.debian.org/dmd/?r-pkg-team%40alioth-lists.debian.net#todo

So please do not bother filing bugs against the packages.  If they are
leaf packages, you can just file a request for removal and mention that
(unless somebody objects) you have pre-approval from the team.

If they are not leaf packages, an overview of their reverse-dependency
tree would be very useful.

Have a nice day,

Charles

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