So I ended up cleaning out some retired (~20) people from metadata.xml, where I found this interesting piece of metadata.xml:

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kernel-misc

  crypto@gentoo.org
  Crypto herd

  masterdriverz@gentoo.org
  Charlie Shephered

And here the hint for all you people again: A DAMN HERD AIN’T NO MAINTAINER. SO IF YOUR HERD IS MAINTAINING A PACKAGE, PUT IT INTO and not into the . kthnxbye.