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+This file is a list of the people responsible for ensuring that patches for a
+particular part of BOLT are reviewed, either by themself or by someone else.
+They are also the gatekeepers for their part of BOLT, with the final word on
+what goes in or not.
+
+The list is sorted by surname and formatted to allow easy grepping and
+beautification by scripts. The fields are: name (N), email (E), web-address
+(W), PGP key ID and fingerprint (P), description (D), snail-mail address
+(S) and (I) IRC handle. Each entry should contain at least the (N), (E) and
+(D) fields.
+
+N: Maksim Panchenko, Rafael Auler
+E: maks@fb.com, rafaelauler@fb.com
+D: All parts not covered by someone else
+
+N: Alexander Yermolovich
+E: ayermolo@fb.com
+D: DWARF support