diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-xmldiff/template b/srcpkgs/python-xmldiff/template
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+# Template file for 'xmldiff'
+pkgname=python-xmldiff
+version=1.1.1
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="xmldiff-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="xmldiff"
+hostmakedepends="python-devel python3-devel python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+makedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
+depends="python-future python-lxml python-six"
+short_desc="Python2 classes to diff XML files"
+maintainer="prspkt <prspkt@protonmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/Shoobx/xmldiff"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Shoobx/xmldiff/master/CHANGES.rst"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/x/xmldiff/xmldiff-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b8dc6c36a3499e752cf5b5d2704d961be37fcf2ea5be2e4187572e18f674d053
+replaces="xmldiff>=0"
+
+xmldiff_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
+}
+
+python3-xmldiff_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	pycompile_module="xmldiff"
+	depends="python3-future python3-lxml python3-six"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/*3
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-xmldiff b/srcpkgs/python3-xmldiff
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+python-xmldiff
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmldiff b/srcpkgs/xmldiff
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+python-xmldiff
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmldiff/template b/srcpkgs/xmldiff/template
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-# Template file for 'xmldiff'
-pkgname=xmldiff
-version=0.6.10
-revision=6
-build_style=python2-module
-hostmakedepends="python-devel unzip"
-makedepends="python-devel libxslt openjade"
-depends="libxslt openjade"
-pycompile_module="xmldiff"
-short_desc="Python classes to diff XML files"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-homepage="http://www.logilab.org/project/xmldiff/"
-license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/x/xmldiff/xmldiff_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
-checksum=83aba252df2f760c8bf008b9c5d3080911eab2d2b39c371d3b47f67abf4b4ec5
-
-post_install() {
-	for f in man/*.1; do
-		vman $f
-	done
-}