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-Maintainers
-===========
+# Active maintainers
 
-* [Stian Thorgersen](https://github.com/stianst) (project lead)
 * [Alexander Schwartz](https://github.com/ahus1)
 * [Bruno Oliveira da Silva](https://github.com/abstractj)
 * [Hynek Mlnařík](https://github.com/hmlnarik)
 * [Marek Posolda](https://github.com/mposolda)
 * [Michal Hajas](https://github.com/mhajas)
-* [Pavel Drozd](https://github.com/pdrozd)
 * [Pedro Igor](https://github.com/pedroigor)
 * [Sebastian Schuster](https://github.com/sschu)
 * [Stan Silvert](https://github.com/ssilvert)
+* [Stian Thorgersen](https://github.com/stianst) (project lead)
 * [Takashi Norimatsu](https://github.com/tnorimat)
 * [Thomas Darimont](https://github.com/thomasdarimont)
 * [Václav Muzikář](https://github.com/vmuzikar)
+
+# Emeritus maintainers
+
+* [Pavel Drozd](https://github.com/pdrozd)
+