nikmil [1] filed a request to merge python2-regex [2] into python- regex [3]: It's easier to maintain both python2 and python3 versions of the package in the same pkgbase. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/nikmil/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python2-regex/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-regex/