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 <h2>News</h2>
 <ul class="timeline">
 
+  <li class="timeline">
+    <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+    <div class="timeline-panel">
+      <div class="timeline-heading">
+	<h4 class="timeline-title">Marcus Hoffmann joins the maintainer team</h4>
+	<p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>5 February 2026</small></p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="timeline-body">
+        <p>We are happy to announce that Marcus Hoffmann has joined
+        the team of Buildroot maintainers. For details, see the
+        <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/buildroot/aYRR-h2Ol98Svw2Y@windsurf/">announcement</a>.</p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </li>
+
   <li class="timeline-inverted">
     <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
     <div class="timeline-panel">