This looks like it is no longer the case. Perhaps this bug should be closed? (I will not close it myself as I don't use zope at all, so perhaps there are issues here I don't understand)
stephen:~$ sudo apt-get install zope-pythonmethod Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: zope zope-bytecodehacks The following NEW packages will be installed: zope zope-bytecodehacks zope-pythonmethod 0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 33 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/2171kB of archives. After unpacking 12.0MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Selecting previously deselected package zope. (Reading database ... 82528 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking zope (from .../zope_2.4.99beta3-0.2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package zope-bytecodehacks. Unpacking zope-bytecodehacks (from .../zope-bytecodehacks_0.1.7-3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package zope-pythonmethod. Unpacking zope-pythonmethod (from .../zope-pythonmethod_0.1.7-3_i386.deb) ... Setting up zope (2.4.99beta3-0.2) ... /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/zbytecodehacks/closure.py:121: SyntaxWarning: local name 'n' in 'make_adder' shadows use of 'n' as global in nested scope 'adder' def make_adder(n): WARNING: The default http port of ZServer has been changed to 9673, since 8080 conflicted with proxy server. If you're used to access Zope as http://localhost:8080/, you'll now have to use http://localhost:9673/. For further information about configuring ZServer, please refer to /usr/share/doc/zope/README.Debian. Press Enter to continue: We will now set up an administrator user in Zope. Please choose a username and a password for the Zope administrator: (This username and the password are only used inside Zope. They are completely unrelated to your system's accounts. You can encrypt the password in SHA, CRYPT or CLEARTEXT. You can limit the domains from which the administrator can login into Zope, by providing a list of domain names separated with spaces. Username: stephen Password: Verify password: Please choose a format from: SHA - SHA-1 hashed password CRYPT - UNIX-style crypt password CLEARTEXT - no protection. Encoding: SHA Domain restrictions: Starting Zope..................................................... done. Setting up zope-bytecodehacks (0.1.7-3) ... Setting up zope-pythonmethod (0.1.7-3) ... For Zope to recognize the new package, it will need to be restarted. Restart Zope now? [Y] Restarting Zope........... done. Cheers, -- Stephen Stafford finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get gpg public key