diff --git a/dev-python/zope-exceptions/Manifest b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/Manifest
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+DIST zope.exceptions-4.1.0.tar.gz 26605 SHA256 f1c086abddc9f2050df5824ff7ab8ece3285c8e28453a29ee761effbc5e592ad SHA512 7491a0558a999d6907d2d1adb33086ef047dd4fc5d39709da628a94ee11f5afaec4b2cb456c19b16595cfaf46cc0d25fb847196d331c9d9c80d2ba3a582b415f WHIRLPOOL 763293545163ec66a52ee49db08183d7bc73832e862b097e0fb9d07f1cb8d8a6a280bfa053a4fd1278ef61db146e689df5e9305d44dae327ceadc00b9d776303
diff --git a/dev-python/zope-exceptions/metadata.xml b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">zope.exceptions</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">zopefoundation/zope.exceptions</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-4.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-4.1.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} pypy{,3} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN=${PN/-/.}
+MY_P=${MY_PN}-${PV}
+
+DESCRIPTION="General purpose exceptions for Zope packages"
+HOMEPAGE="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.exceptions https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.exceptions"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${MY_PN::1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="ZPL"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+# TODO: extras?
+RDEPEND="dev-python/namespace-zope[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/zope-interface[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? ( dev-python/zope-testrunner[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+python_test() {
+	esetup.py test
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	distutils-r1_python_install_all
+
+	# remove .pth files since dev-python/namespace-zope handles the ns
+	find "${D}" -name '*.pth' -delete || die
+}